For other uses, see Heliotrope (disambiguation).

Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the colour of the heliotrope flower.

The first recorded use of heliotrope as a color name in English was in 1882.[2]

Variations

Heliotrope gray

The color heliotrope gray is displayed at right. The first recorded use of heliotrope gray as a colour name in English was in 1912.[5]

Heliotrope magenta

Old heliotrope

At right is displayed the colour old heliotrope.

Another name for this colour is old helio.

The first recorded use of old helio as a colour name in English was in 1926.[7]

In culture

  • The color has been widely referenced as a characterization, the colour of key plot objects, or as flavor text in many works:
  • The periorbital purplish discoloration occurring in dermatomyositis is called the "Heliotrope rash" after the colour.
  • Heliotrope was among the handful of "half-mourning" colours worn by Victorians during the last stage of mourning.[8]
  • "Heliotrope" is the title of the fourth track on At the Drive-In's 1999 EP Vaya.
  • Heliotrope was referenced as a health status condition of the service droid Kryten in the Red Dwarf Series V episode Terrorform.
  • "Heliotrope Bouquet" is a slow drag two step by Scott Joplin (with contributions from Louis Chauvin) composed in 1907.
  • In the TV series Yellowjackets, the members of the new religious movement surrounding Lottie Matthews wear heliotrope robes; as she says, "We make the dye ourselves from the flowers used to treat wounds."[9][10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called heliotrope in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the colour heliotrope is displayed on page 131, Plate 54, Color Sample C10.
  2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Colour, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample of Heliotrope: Page 131 Plate 54 Colour Sample C10
  3. ^ ISCC-NBS
  4. ^ Of the various tones of Heliotrope Gray shown on the indicated web page of the ISCC-NBS colour list, the color displayed in the colour box above, colour sample #227, matches most closely the colour called Heliotrope Gray in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Colour, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; the colour Heliotrope Gray is displayed on page 111, Plate 44, Color Sample C3.
  5. ^ Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Colour, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill, Page 196; Colour Sample of Heliotrope Gray: Page 111, Plate 44, Colour Sample C3
  6. ^ Maerz and Paul
  7. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200; Color Sample of Old Helio: Page 113 Plate 45 Color Sample J9
  8. ^ "Edwardian Mourning Dress". July 24, 2018. Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  9. ^ Hoo, Fawnia Soo (April 14, 2023). "The Biggest Costume Easter Eggs in 'Yellowjackets' Season Two (So Far)". Fashionista.
  10. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (May 20, 2023). "'Yellowjackets': Simone Kessell on How Lottie's Caftans Reveal Her Character's Unraveling". Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  11. ^ "'Yellowjackets' Season 2: What's the deal with Lottie's cult?". Mashable. April 24, 2023. Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliotrope_(color)
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