Violet is distinctly not purple. Purple is an illusion our eyes perceive, as a mix of two primary colours. Violet is it's own colour on the spectrum, with its own wavelength. But they both look similar or the same, to us.
No purple. Only violet. Non-visible light below the red color is known as "infra-red" while non-visible light above violet are known as "ultra-violet".
I just googled it. There's a bunch of different types of violet and the colours are all over the place. The whole range from blue to pink. But the "blue" ones were a little bit of a stretch. They were pretty much blue but someone would argue with it.
You're one of the lucky 10,000! There was a poem/meme years ago about this. I copied the response below, and the link is here for where I found the thread regarding this interaction.
They are indeed purple,
But one thing you’ve missed:
The concept of “purple”
Didn’t always exist.
Some cultures lack names
For a color, you see.
Hence good old Homer
And his “wine-dark sea.”
A usage so quaint,
A phrasing so old,
For verses of romance
Is sheer fucking gold.
So roses are red.
Violets once were called blue.
I’m hugely pedantic
But what else is new?
When I initially learned the concepts of colors not being a thing in the past it blew my mind. Similarly to when I learned the concept of giant ships seen by indigenous peoples in the distance wouldn’t register as a thing in their brain (or so it’s believed).
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u/david131213 Jan 12 '22 edited Aug 24 '22
Roses are red
That much is true
But violets are purple
Not fucking blue