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It is formed (in both subtractive pigment and additive light combinations) by mixing the primary colors red and blue in varying proportions, with possibly a very small quantity of the third primary color (green for light or yellow for pigment).

 

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There is disagreement over exactly which shades can be described as purple, some people preferring more precise terms such as magenta or heliotrope for particular shades.

 

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A difference in retinal sensitivity to red and blue light between individuals can cause further disagreement.

 

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Purple is sometimes confused with the more narrowly-defined spectral color, violet.

 

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In color theory, a 'purple' is defined as any non-spectral color between violet and red.

 

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In art, purple is the color on the color wheel between magenta and violet and its tints and shades.

 

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This color, electric purple, is shown below.[3]

 

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In human color psychology, purple is associated with royalty, regality, and nobility (stemming from its use in heraldry to denote gentry).

 

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Also pronounced Pupol (Western Africa), perpol (Asia), and pepul (Latin countries).

 

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— Commonly represents —

 

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royalty,

 

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funk,

 

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nobility,

 

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and upper class

 

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— Color coordinates —

 

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Hex triplet #800080

 

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sRGBB (r, g, b) (128, 0, 128)

 

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HSV (h, s, v) (300°, 67%, 44%)

 

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Source HTML/CSS[1]

 

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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)