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Color:
Periwinkle


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Colors with the same hue:
Eerie Purple
Royal blue
Charred Black
Sparkling Sapphire
Cobalt blue
Absolute Zero
New Car
Zinc
Dark blue-gray
Rhythm
Shimmer
Similar colors:
Soap
Pale lavender
Soft Lavender
Shimmer
Soft Purple
Cool grey
Light Gray
Stainless Steel
Cloud
Light silver
Porcelain
Sparkling Silver
Gainsboro
Magnolia
Chrome
Silver
Manatee
Wisteria
Mercury
Aluminum
Moonlight
Mauve
Ethereal White
Shell
Marble White
Luminous White
Cultured
Faded Lavender
Light Lilac
Fog
Words evoked by this color:
peradventure,  periwinkle,  perivascular,  winkle,  perchance,  plumbago,  perdy,  chortle,  dilly-dally,  gentian,  bemused,  flummoxed,  perambulate,  per,  permeability,  perpendicular,  improbable,  quizzical,  surprisingly,  uniquely,  unique,  perpetuate,  infrequently,  columbia,  palliate,  palliation,  meredith,  embrace,  hummed,  massage,  doze,  comforting,  harmoniously,  bethany,  supple,  adagio,  ambience,  palliative,  ambiance,  gate,  merciful,  rested,  idealism,  pacification,  sympathize,  courteously,  loosen,  diluting,  transgender,  courteous
Literary analysis:
In literature, periwinkle is often used as a subtle, evocative hue that conveys both serenity and a sense of delicate beauty. For example, in one passage the “periwinkle‐blue” of slender columns of smoke offers a dreamlike contrast to a still, yellow atmosphere, enhancing the scene’s otherworldly quality [1]. In another instance, a character’s eyes are described as “of pale periwinkle,” lending them a gentle, ethereal charm that deepens their portrayal [2]. Through such imagery, periwinkle as a color becomes a nuanced device to enrich both natural landscapes and the emotional resonance of characters.
  1. Above the mud houses of the fellah villages rise slender columns of smoke, which are of a periwinkle-blue in the midst of the still yellow atmosphere.
    — from Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by Pierre Loti
  2. They have angelic faces; their eyes, of pale periwinkle, are softly deep; their complexion is that of a flower, or an infant; their smile is divine.
    — from With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3


Colors associated with the word:
Periwinkle 
Lavender 
Lilac
Mauve
Baby blue
Powder blue
Sky blue 
Light Blue
Cornflower blue 
Ice Blue
Soft Blue
Pale blue
Misty Blue
Wisteria
Heather
Iris
Words with similar colors:
winkle,  plumbago,  perchance,  perivascular,  raillery,  matilda,  peer,  fey,  perdy,  mew,  figment,  mimsy,  barmy,  burble,  revery,  beatrix,  move,  haze,  coo,  spindle
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