purple

range of colors with the hues between blue and red
Event color Q3257809
purple
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purple

Summary

purple is a color[1]. purple ranks in the top 2% of color entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,889 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • purple's instance of is recorded as color[3].
  • purple's instance of is recorded as HTML4 named color[4].
  • purple followed indigo[5].
  • purple is a type of red[6].
  • purple is a type of blue[7].
  • purple is part of shade of blue[8].
  • purple is part of shade of red[9].
  • purple's Commons category is recorded as Purple[10].
  • purple's sRGB color hex triplet is recorded as 800080[11].
  • purple's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Purple[12].
  • purple's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • purple's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[14].
  • purple's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].
  • purple's CSS color keyword is recorded as purple[16].
  • purple's P14870 is recorded as ont00000196[17].
  • purple's P14884 is recorded as 0000951[18].

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Context

Part of include shade of blue[8], a color feature[19] and shade of red[9], a color feature[20]. Recorded instance of include color[3] and HTML4 named color[4]. purple followed indigo[5].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for purple include Purple Day[21], an awareness day[22], in Iran[23], founded in 2008[24]; purpurite[25], a mineral species[26]; and phoenicochroite[27], a mineral species[28].

Why It Matters

purple ranks in the top 2% of color entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,889 views/month).[2] purple has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] purple is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for purple include Purple Day[21], an awareness day[22], in Iran[23], founded in 2008[24]; purpurite[25], a mineral species[26]; and phoenicochroite[27], a mineral species[28].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14884 → 0000951
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14884]]: 0000951"
  2. 24d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000196
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14870]]: ont00000196"
  3. 7w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Concepticon concept set id → 2452
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11473]]: 2452"
  4. 10w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 12452
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 12452, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167483534|PURPLE (#167483534)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'"
  5. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550904405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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