Plum (color)

Short description: Deep purple color

Plum

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #C2938D
Source| [Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light reddish brown
Underripe black plums on a plum tree

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.

As a quaternary color on the RYB color wheel, plum is an equal mix of the tertiary colors russet and slate.[1][2]

The first recorded use of plum as a color name in English was in 1805.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Variations of plum
* 1.1 Plum (Crayola)
* 1.2 Pale plum
* 1.3 Persian plum (prune)
* 2 References
* 3 See also

## Variations of plum

### Plum (Crayola)

Plum (Crayola)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #843179
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Deep reddish purple

### Pale plum

Plum (web)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #DDA0DD
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light reddish purple

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.

### Persian plum (prune)

Persian Plum (prune)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #701C1C
Source| Xona.com Color List
(Maerz and Paul)
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Deep reddish brown

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.[4]

## References

1. ↑ William J. Miskella, 1928, Practical Color Simplified: A Handbook on Lacquering, Enameling, Coloring And Painting, pp
2. ↑ John Lemos, 1920, "Color Charts for the School Room", in School Arts, vol. 19, pp 580–584
3. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 202; Color Sample of Plum4: p. 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
4. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 202; Color Sample of Prune: p. 117 Plate 47 Color Sample J8

## See also

* List of colors

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Shades of violet

| African violet| Amethyst| Blue-violet| Byzantium| Caput mortuum| Chinese violet| Dark purple| Dark violet| Electric indigo| Electric purple

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Electric violet| English violet| Eminence| Fairy Tale| Fandango| French mauve| French violet| Grape| Heliotrope| Indigo
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Iris| Japanese violet| Lavender blush| Lavender (floral)| Lavender (web)| Lilac| Mardi Gras| Mauve| Medium slate blue| Mountbatten pink
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Mulberry| Orchid| Palatinate| Pale purple| Periwinkle| Phlox| Pink lavender| Plum (web)| Pomp and Power| Puce
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Purple| Purpureus| Royal purple| Red-violet| Russian violet| Slate blue| Steel pink| Thistle| Tropical indigo| Tyrian purple
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Ultra Violet| Veronica| Violet| Wisteria
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A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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Shades of magenta

| Amaranth| Amaranth pink| Amaranth purple| Blush| Cerise| Crimson| Dark Magenta| Eggplant| Fairy Tale| Fandango

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Folly| French rose| Fuchsia| Hollywood cerise| Hot magenta| Magenta| Magenta (Pantone)| Magenta dye| Magenta haze| Mulberry
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Orchid| Palatinate| Phlox| Plum| Puce| Purple| Persian rose| Purple pizzazz| Quinacridone magenta| Raspberry
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Razzle dazzle rose| Red-violet| Rose| Shocking pink| Sky magenta| Steel pink| Telemagenta| Ultra pink| Violet-red
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A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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