Talk:Periwinkle (color)

Color conversion and accuracy
"Hex triplet = #CCCCFF  RGB   (r, g, b)    =  (195, 205, 230)"

If you change the RGB into Hex triplet, you get #C3CDE6.  If you change the Hex triplet into RGB, you get (204, 204, 255). Daniel 21:57, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Not only that, but all of those systems depend on a color profile -- a given RGB number will give different colors for different monitors. We'd need to know something better, ideally a Lab color number. --Keybounce 22:03, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

incorrect date
the OED lists a use of periwinkle as a color from 1852 (Harper's) and another from 1902 (Western Gazette), one referring to the color of cloth and the other to the color of the sea. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.90.250.112 (talk) 20:59, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Should the cultural references have been removed?
On 28-Mar-2013, a number of cultural references to periwinkle were removed. Is there a reason for the retention of the Blue's Clues reference, which explains why it was kept while other references were removed? If no reason is there, then the editing was arbitrary, which serves nobody, and I vote for undoing this edit. Thoughts?

Jpbjoel (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:07, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

Removed comment
Removed following from the page:
 * Comment: The specs in this box are different than the periwinkle specs on the page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variations_of_blue#Light_blue. One or both need correction.

Made by 68.6.45.73 at 17:14, 10 August 2012‎

Balko Kabo (talk) 19:15, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Named after the flower
Periwinkle is both an animal and a flower. According to Color Sorting on Wikia, the color Periwinkle is named after the animal, but according to Wikipedia, it is named after the flower. Is the color Periwinkle actually named after the flower, after the snail, or after both. Ssjhowarthisawesome (talk) 23:19, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

"Etymology: Vinca comes from the ancient Roman name for the plant, “Vincapervinca”, from which comes “periwinkle” (18). It means “bonds through bonds” and refers to the tangling nature of the plant (13). ‘Minor‘ means “less,” distinguishing it from a larger species of the genus Vinca, V. major (1, 8) " No idea why the shellfish is called suchMeika (talk) 09:39, 27 February 2022 (UTC)

Potter seems unnecessary
In the cultural references, I'd argue the reference to a Harry Potter character's dress isn't noteworthy, beyond the fact that blue sets off red air nicely. The other reference at least shows that a fascination with fussy shades of blue bespeaks a certain kind of character, and seems noteworthy. I'm going to remove Herminone's dress. 24.63.57.12 (talk) 01:04, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Possible removal from list
An entry in List of colors: G–M contained a link to this page.

The entry is :


 * Light periwinkle

I don't see any evidence that this color is discussed in this article and plan to delete it from the list per this discussion: Talk:List_of_colors

If someone decides that this color should have a section in this article and it is added, I would appreciate a ping.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  15:50, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism?
The sentence "Periwinkle is a flower and not a color as some people assume it is." is contradicted by the dictionary citation of the use as a color term. Possible vandalism? 2.24.113.194 (talk) 23:41, 6 May 2022 (UTC)


 * Agreed, to edit an article and change the first line to a statement claiming that the subject of the article doesn't exist (!) ought to be considered vandalism; even if it were a change made in totally good faith, nevertheless if there were a genuine controversy over the validity of the colour name, then the place for threshing that out would be here in the talk page, and absolutely through the anonymous editing of the opening line of the article.
 * The flower in question already has an article, and the word "periwinkle" has widely been used as a colour name for a very long time. Accordingly, this claim is not only patently false, but equivalent to the first line of the article Orange (colour) reading something like "Orange is a fruit and not a color as some people assume it is."
 * I have reverted this change.
 * I haven't been editing Wikipedia seriously for very long but I must say I'm a bit surprised at just how strange the vandalism history of this particular page seems to be. Pseudo-Pseudo-Dionysius (talk) 20:47, 12 May 2022 (UTC)