Periwinkle

A periwinkle flower

Periwinkle
— Common connotations —
serenity, purity, daintiness, water, ice, calmness, sea, sky, winter, sadness, mourning, cuteness, stomach cancer awareness
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#CCCCFF
sRGBB	(r, g, b)	(204, 204, 255)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(240°, 20%, 100[1]%)
Source		[1]/Maerz and Paul[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Periwinkle is a color in the blue family. Its name is derived from the lesser periwinkle or myrtle herb (Vinca minor) which bears flowers of the same color.

The color Periwinkle is also called lavender blue.^[3] The color periwinkle may be considered a pale tint of blue or indigo – a pastel blue or indigo.

The first recorded use of periwinkle as a color name in English was in 1922.^[4]

In popular culture

Film

• In the 2000 film Snatch, the character Mickey (played by Brad Pitt), a bare-knuckle boxer, insists on getting a "periwinkle blue" caravan bought for his mother as a payment for his next fight.

Medicine

• Periwinkle blue is the color for esophageal and stomach cancer awareness ribbons. It is also the color for pulmonary hypertension awareness ribbons.^[5]

Video Games

• In Fable III, the main protagonist is foiled in their disguise in the quest "In Wolf's Clothing", as the person who the character is disguised as, is pointed out as having "periwinkle eyes".

See also

• Light Blue
• Lavender (color)
• List of colors

References

1. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #CCCCFF (Periwinkle):
2. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called periwinkle in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color periwinkle is displayed on page 109, Plate 43, Color Sample B8.
3. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196—Lavender blue shown as one of the three major variations of lavender under heading lavender; Page 190—Lavender blue is listed as blue-lavender , first use of the color term is identified as 1926, and the color is identified with periwinkle.
4. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; color sample of Periwinkle: Page 109 Plate 43 Color Sample B8
5. ^ "Awareness Ribbon Pins and Cancer Ribbon Pins ". Personalized Cause. Retrieved April 16, 2012.

External links

• Crayola brand crayons' page on periwinkle
• A description of the Vinca minor species

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