In James Joyce'sFinnegans Wake, "heliotrope" is the answer to the Maggies' riddle.[clarification needed] Throughout the chapter, the word "heliotrope" is disguised a number of times, hidden either in anagrams, riddles, puns, or obscure allusions.
InHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the Polyjuice Potion brewed in order to disguise Hermione Granger as Mafalda Hopkirk is described as having a "pleasant heliotrope colour."
The periorbital purplish discoloration occurring indermatomyositis is called the "Heliotrope rash" after the colour.
Heliotrope was among the handful of "half-mourning" colours worn byVictorians during the last stage ofmourning.[8]
"Heliotrope" is the title of the fourth track onAt the Drive-In's 1999 EPVaya.
Heliotrope was referenced as a health status condition of the service droidKryten in theRed Dwarf Series V episodeTerrorform.
In the TV seriesYellowjackets, the members of thenew religious movement surrounding Lottie Matthews wear heliotrope robes; as she says, "We make thedye ourselves from the flowers used to treat wounds."[9][10][11]
^The color displayed in the color box above matches the color calledheliotrope in the 1930 book by Maerz and PaulA Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the colourheliotrope is displayed on page 131, Plate 54, Color Sample C10.
^Maerz and PaulA Dictionary of Colour, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample of Heliotrope: Page 131 Plate 54 Colour Sample C10
^Of the various tones of Heliotrope Gray shown on the indicated web page of the ISCC-NBS colour list, the color displayed in the colour box above, colour sample #227, matches most closely the colour calledHeliotrope Gray in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul,A Dictionary of Colour, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; the colourHeliotrope Gray is displayed on page 111, Plate 44, Color Sample C3.
^Maerz and Paul,A Dictionary of Colour, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill, Page 196; Colour Sample of Heliotrope Gray: Page 111, Plate 44, Colour Sample C3
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