Re: Ordinals in English.

In article <r0raq5-dss.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Adam Funk <a24061@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2008-09-18, Harlan Messinger wrote:

[...] do people generally think of "purple" and "violet" as
referring to two different colors?

I tend to think of violet as lighter than purple (like the "violet"
flower --- well, the violet-coloured ones at least), but that might
just be me.

To me violet is bluer in hue than purple, regardless of lightness or
saturation. I'd call a pale tint of violet "lavender", but a pale purple
"mauve".

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Odysseus
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