Plum (color)

Plum (web)
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DDA0DD
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(221, 160, 221)
CMYKH (c, m, y, k)	(0, 28, 0, 13)
HSV (h, s, v)	(300°, 28%, 87[6]%)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light reddish purple
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte); H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Plum
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C2938D
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(194, 147, 141)
CMYKH (c, m, y, k)	(0, 24, 27, 24)
HSV (h, s, v)	(7°, 27.3%, 76.1[1]%)
Source	[Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light reddish brown
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte); H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Plum is a purple color with a brownish-gray tinge, like that shown on the right, or a reddish purple, which is a close representation of the average color of the plum fruit.

Underripe black plums on a plum tree

As a quaternary color on the RYB color wheel, plum is an equal mix of the tertiary colors russet and slate.[3][4]

The first recorded use of plum as a color name in English was in 1805.[5]

Variations of plum

Pale plum

At right is displayed the color pale plum, which is the pale tone of plum that is the web color called plum.

This color is paler than the color at the head of this article and paler than the color of an actual plum.

Plum (Crayola)

Plum (Crayola)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#843179
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(132, 49, 121)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(0, 63, 8, 48)
HSV (h, s, v)	(308°, 63%, 52%)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep reddish purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Persian plum (prune)

Persian Plum

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#701C1C
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(112, 28, 28)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(0, 75, 75, 56)
HSV (h, s, v)	(0°, 75%, 44[7]%)
Source	Xona.com Color List
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep reddish brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color Persian plum from the Xona.com Color List.

This is the color traditionally called prune because it is a representation of the average color of prunes. Prune is the French word for "plum", but in English the name "prune" is applied to dried plums. This color is a representation of the color of cooked dried plums (prunes).

A prune

The first recorded use of prune as a color name in English was in 1789.[8]

gollark: Actually, this factoid does seem kind of dubious even if it's meant to say "mass"... hmm.

gollark: I mean, the atmosphere isn't very dense.

gollark: It *might* be possible to make it somehow, but it wouldn't *weigh* the same as it somehow could on Earth.

gollark: That's not really valid in the context of the entire observable universe.

gollark: *Weight* is mass times acceleration from gravity. The acceleration from gravity is probably going to change wildly across the whole observable universe, but I guess you could sample it at various bits and average it. In any case, that average acceleration probably won't be at the Earth level of 10-ish m/s².

References

|/color.asp?RGB=%238E4585 web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #8E4585 (Plum):
RGB approximations of RYB tertiary colors, using cubic interpolation."Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2012-12-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) The colors displayed here are substantially paler than the true color a mixture of paints would produce.
William J. Miskella, 1928, Practical Color Simplified: A Handbook on Lacquering, Enameling, Coloring And Painting, pp
John Lemos, 1920, "Color Charts for the School Room", in School Arts, vol. 19, pp 580–584
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202; Color Sample of Plum4: Page 117 Plate 47 Color Sample J9 Note: The color designated plum (color #8E4585) that is displayed above matches the color identified as plum in the color sample in Maerz and Paul
web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #DDA0DD (Pale Plum):
web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #701C1C (Persian Plum) (Prune):
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202; Color Sample of Prune: Page 117 Plate 47 Color Sample J8