In James Joyce's Finnegans 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.
In Harry 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 in
dermatomyositis is called the "Heliotrope rash" after the colour.
Heliotrope was among the handful of "half-mourning" colours worn by
Victorians during the last stage of
mourning.[6]
"Heliotrope" is the title of the fourth track on
At the Drive-In's 1999 EP Vaya.
Heliotrope was referenced as a health status condition of the service droid
Kryten in the Red Dwarf Series V episode Terrorform.
In the TV series Yellowjackets, the members of the
new religious movement surrounding Lottie Matthews wear heliotrope robes; as she says, "We make the
dye ourselves from the flowers used to treat wounds."[7][8][9]
^The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called heliotrope in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the colour heliotrope is displayed on page 131, Plate 54, Color Sample C10.
^Maerz and Paul A 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 called Heliotrope Gray in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Colour, New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill; the colour Heliotrope 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
^Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200; Color Sample of Old Helio: Page 113 Plate 45 Color Sample J9