Like deep violets or blue lavender, it is a wonderful 18th century colour used for painting the inside of furniture like a jacket lining.
Not exact matches
Opt for a subtle statement with one of the line's low - key lip colors
like natural pink, or be bold with a swipe of
deep violet or rouge.
As with Johns, it often appears in thin bright lines on white, but it can also deepen into darker traces against
deep violet, almost
like Johns in encaustic.
In these canvases, brilliant shades of green, pale and
deep blue,
violet,
deep red, light red, orange, and yellow are offset by white areas of untouched raw canvas, suggesting jewel -
like Byzantine mosaics.
It's the Rastrera algae, and the colour is reflecting back mostly
violet which makes sense as
violet penetrates
deeper than blue and,
like green for plants above ground, not requiring it for photosynthesis it reflects this back which is what we see, and, a bit of blueygreen, which main green is absorbed in oceans before the shorter blue and
violet wavelengths.
Old Violet = Annie describes this
like deep Parma
violets or blue lavender.