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How would you describe this colour?

43 replies

Sobloodyexhausted · 13/03/2021 16:22

Is it mauve, lavender, lilac, pink or something else?

How would you describe this colour?
OP posts:
nectarina · 13/03/2021 16:26

Puce

nectarina · 13/03/2021 16:27

Or Fuchsia

toffeebutterpopcorn · 13/03/2021 16:28

Light purple.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 13/03/2021 16:28

No! Puce is more brown toned

That's a Hot Pink Magenta Smile

toffeebutterpopcorn · 13/03/2021 16:29

Dat not magenta...

ScottishStottie · 13/03/2021 16:29

I would say a bright lilac

0blio · 13/03/2021 16:29

Heliotrope. That's why it says 'helio' Grin

I'd probably call it lilac though.

Sobloodyexhausted · 13/03/2021 16:29

FYI I’m looking for an item of clothing in this shade and want to know what to put into the eBay search engine to narrow it down! 😊

OP posts:
Dougt · 13/03/2021 16:30

Pinky purple

BertieBotts · 13/03/2021 16:30

Yes fuschia. Or just bright, light purple.

BronnauMawrion · 13/03/2021 16:31

Heliotrope? or mauve.

Fuchsia and puce are redder tones IMHO

BertieBotts · 13/03/2021 16:31

Oh no, never mind - if you google fuschia you get a colour I'd have referred to as magenta or hot pink!

NameChangedForThisFeb21 · 13/03/2021 16:31

Looks violet to me

Tianatiers · 13/03/2021 16:32

Pink

ILovemyCatsSoSoMuch · 13/03/2021 16:32

Dulux colour picker says it’s popping pink or violet Verona

Sobloodyexhausted · 13/03/2021 16:32

0blio: ah ha! 😂

OP posts:
CuriousaboutSamphire · 13/03/2021 16:33

@toffeebutterpopcorn

Dat not magenta...
It is, unfortunately, in the not so new Magenta Tones range!

Bloody awful description, I agree.

BertieBotts · 13/03/2021 16:33

Lilac if you google the colour seems to be closest, although I always think of lilac as being purpler and more muted than that.

toffeebutterpopcorn · 13/03/2021 16:33

It’s not pink and violet is darker purple surely.

ILovemyCatsSoSoMuch · 13/03/2021 16:33

@ILovemyCatsSoSoMuch

Dulux colour picker says it’s popping pink or violet Verona
Although that probably won’t help your eBay search...
Sobloodyexhausted · 13/03/2021 16:34

Thank you everyone all very useful 😊

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toffeebutterpopcorn · 13/03/2021 16:34

Deffo not magenta. But as someone who trained on a 4 colour printing press I can be a bit pissy about colours...

CuriousaboutSamphire · 13/03/2021 16:37

Having said that, it crosses with the Violet range. So who knows any more!

Could you stop with the not Magenta, it is there, in the colour sheet! It's a range of hues within an umbrella term. That colour in the Helio range is in the Violet collection, in at least 3 others it is in the Magenta set.

Any of which might be both help and hindrance for OP.

I'd say for clothing go with Hot or maybe Lipstick Pink! That might be close ish.

NameChangedForThisFeb21 · 13/03/2021 16:37

Just checked -
If you Google Neon Violet it looks similar.

Or you could just go with Neon Purple

toffeebutterpopcorn · 13/03/2021 16:38

Not magenta so there. Hurumph.