Violet is scattered most by Earth's atmosphere, but the blue cones in our eyes aren't as sensitive to it. While our red cones aren't good at seeing blue or violet light, they are a bit more ...

Another stemmed violet, the small, white to pale-blue American field pansy, often comes up in mowed grassland, sometimes so prolifically as to resemble a patch of very late snow to a passing motorist.

Colors with extremely short wavelengths, like violet and blue, scatter out much easier due to their short wavelengths. This “scattering” effect is what creates our color in the sky!

Many of Georgia’s violets, like the common blue violet, are abundant; some are uncommon or rare. Many of them are starting to bloom now, ...