purple color

purple color

Everything you need to know about purple; How to mix, combine and choose the color shades that suit you, given the meanings and effects of different colors

Purple color is created by mixing blue and red. When it will be redder it will get a warmer shade and with it will be more blue it will get a colder shade.

Wavelength: 380-455 nm
Frequency: 660-790 Terahertz

Shorter wavelengths are called ultraviolet

The complementary color to purple is The yellow color By color wheel.

Meanings of purple color

The purple color symbolizes spirituality, prestige, wisdom and mystery. The purple color is considered rare in nature as it cannot be found a lot and therefore it is considered prestigious.

Purple color in art - useful tips for painters

Purple can be obtained by mixing blue and red or using dyes based on a purple pigment such as quincridone violet or ultramarine violet.

Shades of purple from the world of design and fashion and how to achieve them in art

Lilac purple which is a light purple, cold mixed with white, pink and a drop of blue.
Eggplant purple which is relatively dark due to mixing with black and brown.
Lavender purple which is colder than lilac with more blue present.

Pigments of blue color

Ultramarine purple. Pigment PV15.

Purple Queencridon. Pigment PV19.

Purple dioxin. Pigment PV23.

Cobalt purple. Pigment PV14.

Famous works in which purple color stars

purple color
Claude Monet, 1917, "Lilac Irises", oil on canvas

 

Painting as a form of perception of reality
Salvador Dali, 1944, "Gala and the Tigers", Oil on Canvas

 

purple color

Colors - explanation, meanings and tips:
red | yellow | blue | white | black | green | orange | pink | purple | Heat | gray | Gold | Of money | bronze

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