Color Names

Gentle Violet

Soft grey with a gentle name, not quite the purple of the flower.

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Gentle Violet is a light grey.

It can be described as light, pale and neutral.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Gentle Violet

Violet (color)

Violet is the color of light at the short wavelength end of the visible spectrum. It is one of the seven colors that Isaac Newton labeled when dividing the spectrum of visible light in 1704. Violet light has a wavelength between approximately 380 and 435 nanometers. The color's name is derived from the Viola genus of flowers.

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gentle

Adjective

  1. Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
  2. Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.

Verb

  1. To become gentle.
  2. To ennoble.
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violet

Noun

  1. A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; similar-looking plants and flowers.
  2. A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.

Adjective

  1. Of a violet colour.
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