Talk:Shades of violet

African violet
As part of an initiative to prune entries in List of colors: A–F, List of colors: G–M, and List of colors: N–Z, one entry I reviewed, "African violet " is linked to this page. While this page has an entry, and a supporting reference, I note that if you use the Pantone color finder and search for African violet, the query will return four colors


 * PANTONE 16-3520 TCX 	HEX/HTML B085B7
 * PANTONE 16-3520 TPG 	HEX/HTML B185BA
 * PANTONE 16-3520 TPG 	HEX/HTML B185BA
 * PANTONE PQ-16-3520TCX HEX/HTML B085B7

Which are very similar but not identical. A diligent editor may wish to explain which one was chosen for the article and why, and add some commentary about the existence of alternative attributes for the same named color.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  18:06, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I have removed it from List of colors: A–F. If someone sorts this out, I'd appreciate it if someone could give me a ping so I can restore it. Thanks.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  20:36, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

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

The entry is :


 * American violet

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

The entry is :


 * Metallic violet

An entry in List of colors: N–Z contained a link to this page.

The entry is :


 * Rum

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)  20:19, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

The shade of "violet" shown at the top of the article should be changed
The color shown at the top of this article is based on the HTML/CSS color names, but in this case it's definitely not violet, it doesn't even meet any definition of it. I believe that we can all agree that it's much closer to a shade of pink. I understand that the W3C colors are the ones that the English Wikipedia uses as standard, but in this case I find it nonsense. We should form a consensus on the shade of violet that should be shown as the "standard" one (at the top of the article). I propose that it could be the violet that is halfway between blue and magenta in sRGB (#8000FF), which is a common definition of the color. 8-leaf clover (talk) 00:37, 24 July 2023 (UTC)