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Position:Home>General - Arts & Humanities > What colour is Heliotrope? could you describe it? Is it a Tertiary?Question:Heliotrope is not a colour - it is a plant with fragrant purple flowers the name coming from the greek: helios - the sun. tropos - turning. The plant is so-called because, like many others, the flowers turn towards the sun, the botanic phrase for this is positive phototropism - turning towards the light. (photo = light in greek) Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Heliotrope is not a colour - it is a plant with fragrant purple flowers the name coming from the greek: helios - the sun. tropos - turning. The plant is so-called because, like many others, the flowers turn towards the sun, the botanic phrase for this is positive phototropism - turning towards the light. (photo = light in greek) It's a shade of lilac / purple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliotrope_... |