Chromatlas

Unit 4 · In-betweens

Plum

HEX

#8E4585

RGB

142 69 133

HSL

307° 35% 41%

CMYK

0 51 6 44

Plum or Mauve?

Deeper and richer than mauve.

Compare: Mauve

Language

Plum and prune are the same word. Both come from Latin prunum. English wore it down to plum for the fruit, then borrowed prune from French, where it still means a fresh plum, for the dried one.

Kin

• Aubergine: Another dark purple from the kitchen
• Mulberry: Another fruit-named purple

In paintings

• A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat

Sources

• Etymonline, 'plum', 'prune (n.)'

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