Red-violet facts for kids
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Red-violet is a beautiful color that looks like a deep, rosy magenta. You can think of it as a reddish shade of purple or a bluish shade of rose.
Long ago, people used a different color wheel for mixing paints, called the red-yellow-blue (RYB) color wheel. On this old wheel, red, yellow, and blue were the main colors. When you mixed them, you got secondary colors like orange, green, and violet. Red-violet was a "tertiary" color, meaning it was made by mixing a primary color (red) with a secondary color (violet). It was like a pigment purple. This RYB color wheel is still often used to teach children about colors.
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What is Red-Violet?
Red-violet is a color that sits between red and violet on the color spectrum. It's a mix that gives us a rich, deep shade. Think of colors like some lilac flowers or certain shades of roses.
How is Red-Violet Different from Red and Violet?
Colors can be described using numbers, like HEX codes or RGB values, which tell computers how to display them. Here's how red-violet compares to pure red and pure violet:
| Name | Color | HEX Code | Red | Green | Blue | Hue | Sat | Lum |
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| Red | #FF0000 | 255 | 0 | 0 | 0° | 100% | 50% | |
| Red Violet (web color Medium Violet-Red) | #C71585 | 199 | 21 | 133 | 322° | 81% | 43% | |
| Violet (Electric Violet) | #9F00FF | 143 | 0 | 255 | 277° | 100% | 50% |
Different Shades of Red-Violet
Just like there are many shades of blue or green, there are also many different shades of red-violet. Some are lighter, some are darker, and some lean more towards red or more towards violet. Here are a few examples:
- Light Lavender Blush (Hex: #FFF9FB)
- Lavender Blush (Hex: #FFF0F5)
- Pale Blush (Hex: #F4BBCF)
- Lavender Magenta (Hex: #EE82EE)
- Brilliant Red-Violet (Hex: #EB6FCB)
- Red-Purple (Hex: #E40078)
- Blush (Crayola) (Hex: #DE5D83)
- Pink Lavender (Hex: #D8B2D1)
- Puce (Hex: #CC8899)
- Orchid (Hex: #DA70D6)
- Heliotrope (Hex: #DF73FF)
- Electric Purple (Hex: #C400FF)
- Dark Orchid (Hex: #9932CC)
- Medium Orchid (Hex: #BA55D3)
- Byzantine (Hex: #BD33A4)
- Royal Fuchsia (Hex: #CA2C92)
- RED-VIOLET (web color Medium Violet-Red) (Hex: #C71585)
- Medium Red-Violet (Crayola) (Hex: #BB3385)
- Hibiscus (Hex: #B6316C)
- Deep Blush (Hex: #B44668)
- Shiraz (Hex: #B20931)
- Jazzberry Jam (Crayola) (Hex: #A50B5E)
- Flirt (Hex: #A2006D)
- Rouge (Hex: #A23B6C)
- Red-Violet Eggplant (Hex: #990066)
- Twilight Lavender (Hex: #8A496B)
- Disco (Hex: #871550)
- Pansy Purple (Hex: #78184A)
- Cosmic (Hex: #763950)
- Wine (Hex: #722F37)
- Nightclub (Hex: #660045)
- Eggplant (Crayola) (Hex: #614051)
- Purple Taupe (Hex: #50404D)
Images for kids
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A red-violet color used on a postage stamp
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A glass of red wine, which can sometimes appear red-violet
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Eggplants, which are often a deep red-violet color
See also
- List of colors
In Spanish: Rojo púrpura para niños
 | Charles R. Drew |
 | Benjamin Banneker |
 | Jane C. Wright |
 | Roger Arliner Young |
