Color Names

Violet Verbena

Faded verbena petals, their purple long gone, leaving a dusty memory.

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Violet Verbena is a cool grey, close to blue.

It can be described as cool, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Violet Verbena

Verbena

Verbena, also known as vervain or verveine, is a genus in the family Verbenaceae. It contains about 150 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants. The majority of the species are native to the Americas and Asia; however, Verbena officinalis, the common vervain or common verbena, is the type species and native to Europe.

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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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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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verbena

Noun

  1. Verbena, a genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain.
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