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#Murasaki color code
The Color Code for Japanese Traditional MURASAKI shades The pigment MURASAKI is taken from the root of the plant. One flower grew in many shades of murasaki (this refers to a type of hydrangea), so the color has shades (mura) (mura ni natte saku. mura) mure ga saku, mura saku, mura saki. This was used for the plant of this name, which grew in large groups (mure. Therefore, Tyrian purple is also called imperial purple. The actual color of Tyrian purple, the original color purple from which the name purple is derived, is the color of a dye made from a mollusk that, because of its incredible expense (many times more expensive than gold), in classical antiquity became a symbol of royalty because only the very wealthy could afford it. There is no such thing as the "wavelength of purple light" it only exists as a combination.

In fact, purple was not present on Newton's color wheel (which went directly from violet to red), though it is present on modern ones, between red and violet. The purples are colors that are not spectral colors - purples are extra-spectral colors.

Violet is a spectral color (approximately 420 - 380 nm), of a shorter wavelength than blue, while purple is a combination of red and blue or violet light. "Murasaki" (Purple, although "Violet" may fall more comfortably on the English ear) The name Lady Murasaki, literally "Violet". Lady Murasaki was nicknamed "Murasaki" ("purple wisteria blossom") It started with this woodblock print and the question: The Beginning of our MURASAKI discussion !
