Chinese purple

Chinese purple is the English color name catalogued for #720B98 (RGB 114, 11, 152), a vivid purple. Its closest named colors in other languages are 青蓮紫 (Chinese) and Uva (Spanish).

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Chinese 青蓮紫 #730099 · ΔE 2.5 French Zinzolin #6C0277 · ΔE 15.5 English American violet #551B8C · ΔE 12.3 Italian Indaco #4B0082 · ΔE 11.9 Spanish Uva #6F2DA8 · ΔE 9.3 Portuguese Índigo #4B0082 · ΔE 11.9 Japanese 青紫 #704CBC · ΔE 22.1

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