violet
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- noun
- /ˈvaɪəlɪt/
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violeta
- In the garden, the violet flowers bloomed beautifully in the spring sunshine.
- the color violet
- blue-violet
- violet light
The receptors for the blue Violet part of the spectrum adapt better.
- The receptors for the blue Violet part of the spectrum adapt better.
- These may be the islands appearing in a sea of Pearl of pale Violet and silver.
Examples
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She looked at me with those big violet eyes.
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So we go from red at long wavelengths to Violet at the shorter wavelengths.
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The Higgins red Violet is a little bit more blue.
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Their faces changed color and became violet under the purple bug lights.
Fiction book (1990) -
Blue and violet wavelengths from sunlight.
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The artist mixed blue and red paint to create a shade of violet for her canvas.
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The dress she wore was a stunning shade of violet, making her stand out at the party.
Synonyms
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A blue color with a little purple in it
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A blue color with a little purple
A color between violet and purple
Idioms
Compounds
- South African
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A small African plant with soft fuzzy leaves and violet, white, or pink flowers kept indoors
A small plant from eastern United States with pale blue or purple flowers like pansies
- Specialized
A plant that lives for several years with sky-blue, funnel-shaped flowers that grows on damp open moorland
A tall plant with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks that grows in shaded woods
- Specialized
A dark purple dye used to colour cells for microscopes and to help stop infection
A tall garden plant with sweet smelling flowers that become stronger in the evening
A plant that lives several years with sweet flowers that smell stronger in the evening
- Specialized
A small plant that grows in woods and makes pretty spring flowers and is grown in gardens
A small wild flower that has soft hairy leaves and yellow petals with purple veins
A small wild flower with pale purple or white petals that grows in eastern North American woods
A small purple wildflower from eastern North America with a long thin tube at the back of the flower
- Specialized
A purple dye used to stain lab slides and treat small skin infections
A small European flower with a long thin spur that people grow for its bright blooms
- Specialized
A small leafy plant with cream or white flowers faintly marked with purple
A small plant that grows close to the ground in eastern North America with fragrant white flowers with purple veins
A tall North American wild flower with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
A small garden plant with single violet or rose-red trumpet-shaped flowers
- Specialized
A delicate mountain plant with round, deeply cut leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers
- UK
A plant that grows in shallow water with leaves below and on the surface and violet flowers
A North American spring flower with white petals and a yellow center
A North American woodland plant with one white flower and a yellow center
A small flowering plant with white fragrant flowers and purple veins that grows in shady eastern North American forests
How Bluish
Surface Forms
Etymology
The color violet takes its name from the flower viola, whose petals are 'bluish-purple', and the name was later used for the blue–purple light at the edge of the rainbow. So violet as a color is called that because it looks like the flower.