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Thionine :: Thionine (n.) An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of certain aromatic diamines, and obtained as a dark crystalline powder; -- called also phenylene violet..

Acid :: Acid (n.) One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their n

Red :: Red (superl.) Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part..

Ruby :: Ruby (n.) A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum..

Olive :: Olive (n.) One of the tertiary colors, composed of violet and green mixed in equal strength and proportion..

Viola :: Viola (n.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets..

Violine :: Violine (n.) A pale yellow amorphous substance of alkaloidal nature and emetic properties, said to have been extracted from the root and foliage of the violet (Viola)..

Mauve :: Mauve (n.) A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac..

Violaniline :: Violaniline (n.) A dyestuff of the induline group, made from aniline, and used as a substitute for indigo in dyeing wool and silk a violet-blue or a gray-blue color..

Ray :: Ray (n.) One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light..

Violaceous :: Violaceous (a.) Resembling violets in color; bluish purple.

Heart''s-ease :: Heart's-ease (n.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy.

Rurales :: Rurales (n. pl.) The gossamer-winged butterflies; a family of small butterflies, including the hairstreaks, violets, and theclas..

Violet :: Violet (n.) Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor)..

Mariet :: Mariet (n.) A kind of bellflower, Companula Trachelium, once called Viola Mariana; but it is not a violet..

Indigo :: Indigo (n.) A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican..

Primulaceous :: Primulaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulaceae), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples..

Induline :: Induline (n.) Any one of a large series of aniline dyes, colored blue or violet, and represented by aniline violet..

Thionol :: Thionol (n.) A red or violet dyestuff having a greenish metallic luster. It is produced artificially, by the chemical dehydration of thionine, as a brown amorphous powder..

Violet :: Violet (n.) Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined..

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