Periwinkle (color)

Periwinkle is a color in the blue and violet family. Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb (Vinca minor) which bears flowers of the same colour.

This article is about the color. For other uses, see Periwinkle (disambiguation).
Periwinkle (color)
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#CCCCFF
sRGBB (r, g, b)(204, 204, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)(240°, 20%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(84, 42, 266°)
SourceMaerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVery light purplish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
A periwinkle flower.

The color periwinkle is also called lavender blue.[2] The colour periwinkle may be considered a pale tint of purple or a "pastel purple".

The first recorded use of periwinkle as a colour name in English was in 1922.[3]

See also

References
  1. The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called periwinkle in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; the color orange is displayed on page 109, Plate 43, Color Sample B8.
  2. Maerz and Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. Page 196: Lavender blue shown as one of the three major variations of lavender under heading lavender; page 190: lavender blue is listed as blue-lavender, first use of the color term is identified as 1926, and the color is identified with periwinkle.
  3. Simpson, J. A., and E. S. C. Weiner (1989). Oxford English Dictionary, second edition. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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