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Violet is the color of amethyst, lavender and beautyberries. It takes its name from the violet flower.〔http://www.color-wheel-artist.com/meanings-of-violet.html〕〔''Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language'', The World Publishing Company, New York, 1964.〕 On the visible spectrum of light, violet light is at the end, with the lowest wavelength of 380-450 nanometers (in experiments under special conditions, people have so far seen to 310 nm). Light with a shorter wavelength than violet but longer than X-rays and gamma rays is called ultraviolet. In the color wheel historically used by painters, it is located between blue and purple. On the screens of computer monitors and television sets, a color which looks similar to violet is made, with the RGB color model, by mixing red and blue light, with the blue twice as bright as the red. This is not true violet, since it is composed of multiple longer wavelengths rather than a single wavelength shorter than that of blue light. Violet and purple look very similar; but violet is a true color, with its own wavelength on the spectrum of visible light, while purple is a composite color, made by combining blue and red. In history, violet and purple have long been associated with royalty and majesty. The emperors of Rome wore purple togas, as did the Byzantine emperors. During the Middle Ages violet was worn by bishops and university professors and was often used in art as the color of the robes of the Virgin Mary. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, violet is the color people most often associate with extravagance and individualism, the unconventional, the artificial, and ambiguity.〔Eva Heller, ''Psychologie de la couleur: effets et symboliques''. p. 4.〕 In Chinese painting, the color violet represents the harmony of the universe because it is a combination of red and blue (Yin and yang respectively).〔Varichon, Anne ''Colors:What They Mean and How to Make Them'' New York:2006 Abrams Page 138〕 In Hinduism and Buddhism violet is associated with the Crown Chakra.〔 ==Etymology== From the Middle English and old French ''violette'', and from the Latin ''viola'', the names of the violet flower.〔''Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language'', College Edition, 1964.〕 The first recorded use of ''violet'' as a color name in English was in 1370.〔Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 207〕 Violet can also refer to the first violas which were originally painted a similar color. In Arabic language violet color is called Nile and the dye Nilege made from viola flower (of the violet color) which was dominant on the shores of the Nile River, giving the Nile color as the name of the Nile river. The violet shade of blue is called ''nili'' in contemporary Arabic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Violet (color)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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