Byzantium (color)

Byzantium
Byzantium
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#702963
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(112, 41, 99)
HSV (h, s, v)	(311°, 63%, 44%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(29, 44, 319°)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep reddish purple
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple (hue rendering), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors. The latter, often also referred to as "Tyrian red", is more reddish in hue, and is in fact often depicted as closer to crimson than purple. The first recorded use of byzantium as a color name in English was in 1926.^[1]

^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Byzantium: Page 111 Plate 44 Color Sample K7

[1] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 191; Color Sample of Byzantium: Page 111 Plate 44 Color Sample K7

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