Heliotrope (color)
Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the colour of the heliotrope flower.
Heliotrope | |
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Hex triplet | #DF73FF |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (223, 115, 255) |
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (13, 55, 0, 0) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (286°, 55%, 100%) |
Source | Maerz and Paul[1] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
The first recorded use of heliotrope as a color name in English was in 1882.[2]
Variations
Heliotrope gray
Heliotrope Gray | |
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Hex triplet | #AA98A9 |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (170, 152, 169) |
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 11, 1, 33) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (303°, 11%, 67[3]%) |
Source | ISCC-NBS[4] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Pale purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
The color heliotrope gray is displayed at right. The first recorded use of heliotrope gray as a colour name in English was in 1912.[5]
Heliotrope magenta
Heliotrope Magenta | |
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Hex triplet | #AA00BB |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (170, 0, 187) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (295°, 100%, 73%) |
Source | [Unsourced] |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
Old heliotrope
Old Heliotrope | |
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Hex triplet | #563C5C |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (86, 60, 92) |
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (7, 35, 0, 64) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (289°, 35%, 36[6]%) |
Source | Maerz and Paul |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark purple |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
At right is displayed the colour old heliotrope.
Another name for this colour is old helio.
The first recorded use of old helio as a colour name in English was in 1926.[7]
In culture
- The color has been widely referenced as a characterization, the colour of key plot objects, or as flavor text in many works:
- Heliotrope was a popular colour reference of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, script writers of Hancock's Half Hour.
- In James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, "heliotrope" is the answer to the Maggies' riddle. Throughout the chapter, the word "heliotrope" is disguised a number of times, hidden either in anagrams, riddles, puns, or obscure allusions.
- In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the Polyjuice Potion brewed in order to disguise Hermione Granger as Mafalda Hopkirk is described as having a "pleasant heliotrope colour."
- The periorbital purplish discoloration occurring in dermatomyositis is called the "Heliotrope rash" after the colour.
- Heliotrope was among the handful of "half-mourning" colours worn by Victorians during the last stage of mourning.[8]
- "Heliotrope" is the title of the fourth track on At the Drive-In's 1999 EP Vaya.
- Heliotrope was referenced as a health status condition of the service droid Kryten, in the Red Dwarf Series V episode - Terrorform
- "Heliotrope Bouquet" is a slow drag two step by Scott Joplin (with contributions from Louis Chauvin) composed in 1907.
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See also
- Heliotrope (disambiguation)
- Lists of colours
References
- The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called heliotrope in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the colour heliotrope is displayed on page 131, Plate 54, Color Sample C10.
- Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Colour, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample of Heliotrope: Page 131 Plate 54 Colour Sample C10
- web.forret.com Colour Conversion Tool set to hex code #AA98A9 (Heliotrope Gray):
- Of the various tones of Heliotrope Gray shown on the indicated web page of the ISCC-NBS colour list, the color displayed in the colour box above, colour sample #227, matches most closely the colour called Heliotrope Gray in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Colour, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; the colour Heliotrope Gray is displayed on page 111, Plate 44, Color Sample C3.
- Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Colour, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill, Page 196; Colour Sample of Heliotrope Gray: Page 111, Plate 44, Colour Sample C3
- web.forret.com Colour Conversion Tool set to hex code of colour #563C5C (Old Heliotrope):
- Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200; Color Sample of Old Helio: Page 113 Plate 45 Color Sample J9
- Mourning Fashion
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