This is an accepted version of this page Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the colour of the heliotrope flower.

The first recorded use of heliotrope as a color name in English was in 1882.

[2] The color heliotrope gray is displayed at right.

The first recorded use of heliotrope gray as a colour name in English was in 1912.

The first recorded use of old helio as a colour name in English was in 1926.