> "purple" and "violet" are synonymous Except when they’re not. People who have to think and talk about color on a regular basis, such as artists, sort colors

> "purple" and "violet" are synonymous Except when they’re not. People who have to think and talk about color on a regular basis, such as artists, sort colors into much more detail than people who don’t. Have a look at the Wikipedia pages for purple (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple) and violet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_(color) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_(color)). The image examples given for purple range widely, from a photo of some grapes I would call more blue than purple, to a dress that I would call magenta at best. And a color swatch that is somewhere in the middle of that range. Meanwhile the page for violet leads with a specific wavelength, and a set of photos that are all very close to the swatch above them. This particular color could fit into the range of colors given as examples of “purple”, towards the bluish end of the range.