Color Names

Pitch Violet

Dark as tree sap, but purple as the flower that blooms under the trees.

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Pitch Violet is a deep purple, close to violet.

It can be described as deep, rich, dark and dim.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Pitch 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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pitch

Noun

  1. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; tree sap.
  2. Anything similar to or derived from tree sap: resin; rosin.

Verb

  1. To cover or smear with pitch.
  2. To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
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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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