Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/shades-of-purple

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Byzantium (color)

Dark tone of purple

Summary

Dark tone of purple

FieldValue
titleByzantium
hex702963
sourceISCC-NBS
isccnameDeep reddish purple

The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple (hue rendering), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors. The latter, often also referred to as "Tyrian red", is more reddish in hue, and is in fact often depicted as closer to crimson than purple. The first recorded use of byzantium as a color name in English was in 1926.

Variations of byzantium

Byzantine

The color Byzantine is displayed at right.

The color Byzantine is a rich tone of medium purple toned toward magenta.

The first recorded use of byzantine as a color name in English was in 1924.

Dark byzantium

The color dark Byzantium is displayed at right.

References

References

  1. "Retsof online version of ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names - Ba through Bz".
  2. Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Byzantium: Page 111 Plate 44 Color Sample K7
  3. "Color Byzantine | Hex Code #BD33A4 | RGB 189, 51, 164".
  4. The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ''Byzantine'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color ''Byzantine'' is displayed on page 125, Plate 51, Color Sample K8.
  5. Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Byzantine: Page 125 Plate 51 Color Sample K8 Note: This color sample matches the color shown above as "byzantine".
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

shades-of-purple shades-of-violet
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Byzantium (color) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report