Shades & Tints Of Bougainvillea

"Bougainvillea", the hue, is just on the red side of Magenta and Purple. It is the hue of a few insects and various flowers, fruits, tubers and seed pods.

As with Magenta there has been a lack of good pigments and dyes for this colour until recently. Today these colours can be mixed with the Quinacridones and clean reds and blues.

Dog Rose	Dog Rose	Fff
HSB 312°, 25%, 100% RGB 255, 191, 242
"Dog Rose" is the colour of ...	Dog Rose do vary in colour .	Fffs do vary in colour.

Purple Loosestrife	Purple Loosestrife	Pink Phlox
HSB 312°, 45%, 100% RGB 255, 140, 232
"Purple Loosestrife" is the colour of various flowers including purple loosestrife and cultivars of dahlia, sweet pea and phlox, also of certain fish.	Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is a flowering plant found wild over much of the world and indeed an invasive pest in some countries. There are a number of cultivars around but this the wild form.	Phlox is a genus of 67 species of small flowering plants. There colour varies by species as well by cultivar. This exemplar of the colour "Purple Loosestrife" is particularly lovely.

Shocking Pink	Pink Bougainvillea	Pigface
HSB 312°, 100%, 100% RGB 255, 0, 204
"Shocking Pink" is the colour of cetain flowers, some women's clothing and lipstick.	Bougainvillea is a South American ornamental vine. The spectacular colour is not the flowers but the bracts. As the vine is hardy and puts on a truly spectacular show for a long time it is widely cultivated around the world. There are various colours of course, including white and red but the 3 main colours are in this hue. This is the mid tone of the three. Of course the colour also varies with the light.	Pigface (Carpobrotus) aka "Ice Plant" is a genus of ground-creeping plants with succulent leaves and medium sized purple flowers. They are native to South Africa, South America and Australia but have invaded other parts of the world in recent times. Most species are Shocking Pink in good light although there are a few species that are yellow.

Purple Bougainvillea	Purple Bougainvillea	Purple Sweet Potato Light
HSB 312°, 100%, 70% RGB 178, 0, 143
"Purple Bougainvillea" is the colour of certain flowers, some women's clothing and the flesh of certain sweet potatoes.	Bougainvilleas do vary in colour even within this hue. This is the darkest of the three tones. There is also a light variety with the colour of Purple Loosestrife.	Sweet potatoes vary greatly in colour both in skin and in flesh. Some have purple flesh. This is a light version.

Purple Bean	Purple Bean	Purple Sweet Potato Dark
HSB 312°, 100%, 42% RGB 107, 0, 85
"Purple Bean" is the colour of ...	Purple Beans do vary in colour and can be slightly in hue but not enough to put them in the adjacent category which is ...	Here is a dark purple fleshed form of sweet potato.