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Plum is a color similar to purple. The name comes from the fruit called a plum.

The first written use of plum as a color name in English was in 1805.[1]

Meaning of plum

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• In business, the color plum represents a business deal that is profitable—a plum contract. A plum job is a job that one is assigned to that has a high salary or the job may be a sinecure with good pay but not much work to do. Thus, the color plum represents prosperity.

Tones of plum color comparison chart

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Name	Color	HEX Code	Red	Green	Blue	Hue	Sat	Lum	Source
Light Pale Plum	#F1D4F1	241	212	241	300°	12%	89%	(Plum Light (Xona.com color list)
Pale Plum	#DDA0DD	221	160	221	300°	28%	75%	(Plum (web color)) (Medium Lavender Magenta)
Light Persian Plum	#B76969	183	105	105	0°	43%	56%	(Persian Plum Light (Xona.com color list)) (Light Prune)
Purple Plum	#9C5186	156	81	134	318°	48%	46%	(Crayola Double-Sided Crayons)
Vivid Plum	#9400A5	148	0	165	294°	100%	32%	(Plum Dark Light (Xona.com color list))
Sugar Plum	#914E75	145	78	117	325°	46%	44%	(Crayola Silver Swirls)
Plum	#8E4585	142	69	133	307°	51%	41%	Plum (traditional)) (Plum (Crayola))
Japanese Plum	#8F4155	143	65	85	345°	55%	41%	(Plum Purple (Japanese traditional colors))
French Plum	#811453	129	20	83	325°	84%	29%	(Plum (Pourpre.com))
Red Plum	#7E314D	126	49	77	338°	61%	34%	(Pantone TPX 19-2025)
Persian Plum	#701C1C	112	28	28	0°	75%	27%	(Xona.com color list) (Prune)
Victoria Plum	#704A59	112	74	89	336°	34%	36%	(British Standards BS 4800 #02C39)
Plum Wine	#6D4C5A	109	76	90	335°	30%	36%	(Pantone TPX 18-1411)
Dark Plum	#650086	101	0	134	285°	100%	26%	(Plum Dark (Xona.com color list))
Catalonian Plum	#660066	102	0	102	300°	100%	20%
Black Plum	#6A5767	106	87	103	309°	18%	38%	(Pantone TPX 18-1706)
Plum Purple	#513653	81	54	83	296°	35%	27%	(Pantone TPX 19-3218)
Italian Plum	#51354A	81	53	74	315°	35%	26%	(Pantone TPX 19-2524)

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• List of colors

References

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1. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202; Color Sample of Plum: Page 117 Plate 47 Color Sample J9 Note: The color designated plum (color #8E4585) that is displayed in the large color swatch above at the top of the page matches the color identified as plum in the color sample in Maerz and Paul

v t e Shades of magenta
Amaranth Amaranth pink Amaranth purple Blush Cerise Crimson Dark Magenta Eggplant Fairy Tale Fandango Folly French rose Fuchsia Hollywood cerise Hot magenta Magenta Magenta (Pantone) Magenta dye Magenta haze Mulberry Orchid Palatinate Phlox Plum Purple Persian rose Purple pizzazz Quinacridone magenta Raspberry Razzle dazzle rose Red-violet Rose Shocking pink Sky magenta Steel pink Telemagenta Ultra pink Violet-red
A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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