community
KAY

Violet is not purple

Created and judged by KAY

Open Rating Results
Brief
This contest is created and judged by a member of the Photocrowd community. Want to run your own? Find out more >

Please submit your images of all things coloured violet. Although they seem interchangeable, violet is not purple. Both colours are created by combining red and blue, but violet is deeper with more blue tones, compared to purple which has more red in its composition.

Pantone's colour of 2018 is in fact "Ultra Violet" which is slightly misleading, as ultra violet is not a colour that most humans can see because it is outside the visible spectrum. Apparently, Claude Monet was able to see it as a colour after an operation, which removed the entire lens of his left eye, at 82 years of age. This is a bit of a drastic measure however, so just do your best. Think violet, not purple!

How it works

Every photo submitted will be available for the crowd to rate once the submissions period has ended. You can see all the images uploaded to a contest, but will need to rate them to see how they’re ranked once the rating period begins.

Some contests on Photocrowd also have a judge. After the submission period closes the judge chooses their favourite images and writes some image reviews. The crowd and judge results will be announced on the same day.

Entries closed
18 June 2018

Rating
18 June 2018 to 26 June 2018

Winners announced
26 June 2018

For a more detailed explanation of how rating works, see our FAQs

See open contests