Purple
— Commonly represents —
royalty, imperialism, funk, nobility,and upper class
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#800080
sRGBB	(r, g, b)	(128, 0, 128)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(300°, 67%, 44%)
Source		HTML/CSS[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

A purple plasma ball.

Purple is a general term for the range of shades of color occurring between red and blue.^[2] It is formed (in both subtractive pigment and additive light combinations) by mixing the primary colors red and blue in varying proportions, with possibly a very small quantity of the third primary color (green for light or yellow for pigment). There is disagreement over exactly which shades can be described as purple, some people preferring more precise terms such as magenta or heliotrope for particular shades. A difference in retinal sensitivity to red and blue light between individuals can cause further disagreement. This article is about the monarchy-related concept. ... For the computer game, see Imperialism (computer game). ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... Nobility is a traditional hereditary status (see hereditary titles) that exists today in many countries (mainly present or former monarchies). ... Upper class is a concept in sociology that refers to the group of people at the top of a social hierarchy. ... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... CIE 1931 xy chromaticity diagram showing the gamut of the sRGB color space and location of the primaries. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Purple has these uses: Purple is a color PURPLE is a codename designating a Japanese cipher machine. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article is about colors. ... Magenta is a color made up of equal parts of red and blue light. ... Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the color of the heliotrope flower. ... Human eye cross-sectional view. ...

Purple is sometimes confused with the more narrowly-defined spectral color, violet. A spectral color is a color that is evoked by the optical spectrum; every wavelength of light yields a different spectral color, in a continuous spectrum. ... Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). ...

In color theory, a 'purple' is defined as any non-spectral color between violet and red. In the arts of painting, graphic design, and photography, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impact of specific color combinations. ... This article deals with the general meaning of spectrum and the history of its use. ... Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ...

In art, purple is the color on the color wheel between magenta and violet and its tints and shades. This color, electric purple, is shown below.^[3] For other uses , see Painting (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Magenta is a color made up of equal parts of red and blue light. ... Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). ... Colour wheel with shading for colour picking. ... A dozen different species of plants growing in the shade Shade is the blocking of sunlight (in particular direct sunshine) by any object, and also the shadow created by that object. ...

In human color psychology, purple is associated with royalty, regality, and nobility (stemming from its use in heraldry to denote gentry).

Etymology and definitions

spiny dye-murex

The word 'purple' comes from the Old English word purpul which originates from the Latin purpura. This in turn is derived from the Koine Greek πορφύρα (porphyra), name of the dye manufactured in Classical antiquity from the mucus-secretion of the hypobranchial gland of a marine snail known as the Murex brandaris or the spiny dye-murex.^[4] Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x801, 128 KB) Murex brandaris. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x801, 128 KB) Murex brandaris. ... Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon[1], Old English: ) is an early form of the English language that was spoken in parts of what is now England and southern Scotland between the mid-fifth century and the mid-twelfth century. ... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... Koine redirects here. ... Look up dye in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, which begins roughly with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer (7th century BC), and continues through the rise of Christianity and the fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century AD... For other uses, see Snail (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Haustellum brandaris Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Murex brandaris The Spiny dye-murex was the mollusk species used by the ancients to produce Tyrian purple fabric dye. ...

The first recorded use of the word 'purple' in English was in the year AD 975.^[5] The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The color regarded as the standard for purple has changed over the years, from Tyrian Purple in ancient times to Electric Purple today. Murex brandaris, also known as the Spiny dye-murex The chemical structure of 6,6′-dibromoindigo, the main component of Tyrian Purple A space-filling model of 6,6′-dibromoindigo Tyrian purple (Greek: , porphura), also known as royal purple or imperial purple, is a purple-red dye made by the... Ancient redirects here. ...

Purple versus violet

Main article: Violet (color)

Violet
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#8B00FF
B	(r, g, b)	(139, 0, 255)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(273°, 100%, 100%)
Source		BF2S Color Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Violet is a spectral color (approximately 420–380nm), of a shorter wavelength than blue, while purple is a combination of red and blue or violet light. The purples are colors that are not spectral colors – purples are extra-spectral colors. In fact, purple was not present on Newton's color wheel (which went directly from violet to red), though it is present on modern ones, between red and violet. There is no such thing as the "wavelength of purple light"; it only exists as a combination. Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). ... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... A spectral color is a color that is evoked by the optical spectrum; every wavelength of light yields a different spectral color, in a continuous spectrum. ... Blue (from Old High German blao shining) is one of the three primary additive colors; blue light has the shortest wavelength (about 470 nm) of the three primary colors. ... Red re-directs here; for alternate uses see Red (disambiguation) Red is a color at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... Blue (from Old High German blao shining) is one of the three primary additive colors; blue light has the shortest wavelength (about 470 nm) of the three primary colors. ... Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). ... A spectral color is a color that is evoked by the optical spectrum; every wavelength of light yields a different spectral color, in a continuous spectrum. ... Sir Isaac Newton in Knellers portrait of 1689. ...

The CIE xy chromaticity diagram

On the CIE xy chromaticity diagram, violet is on the curved edge in the lower left, while purples are the straight line connecting the extreme colors red and violet. Image File history File links CIExy1931. ... Image File history File links CIExy1931. ... In the study of the perception of color, one of the first mathematically defined color spaces was the CIE XYZ color space (also known as CIE 1931 color space), created by the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) in 1931. ...

One interesting psychophysical feature of the two colors that can be used to separate them is their appearance with increase of light intensity. Violet, as light intensity increases, appears to take on a far more blue hue as a result of what is known as the Bezold-Brücke shift. The same increase in blueness is not noted in purples. Psychophysics is a subdiscipline of psychology dealing with the relationship between physical stimuli and their subjective correlates, or percepts. ... Luminous intensity is a measure of the energy emitted by a light source in a particular direction. ... The Bezold-Brücke shift is a change in hue perception as intensity changes. ...

Violet cannot be reproduced by a Red-Green-Blue (RGB) color system, and must be simulated by a mixture of red and blue (purple). The shade of violet simulated in the color box above is just over halfway between magenta and blue on the color wheel. Magenta is a color made up of equal parts of red and blue light. ... This article is about the colour. ... Boutets 7-color and 12-color color circles from 1708. ...

Properties

On a chromaticity diagram, the straight line connecting the extreme spectral colors (red and violet) is known as the 'line of purples' (or 'purple boundary'); it represents one limit of human color perception. The color magenta used in the CMYK printing process is on the line of purples, but most people associate the term "purple" with a somewhat bluer shade. Some common confusion exists concerning the color names "purple" and "violet". Purple is a mixture of red and blue light, whereas violet is a spectral color. The International Commission on Illumination (usually known as the CIE for its French-language name Commission Internationale de lEclairage) is the international authority on light, illumination, colour, and colour spaces. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). ... This article is about modern humans. ... Color vision is the capacity of an organism or machine to distinguish objects based on the wavelengths (or frequencies) of the light they reflect or emit. ... Magenta is a color made up of equal parts of red and blue light. ... Cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black) CMYK (or sometimes YMCK) is a subtractive color model used in color printing. ... For other uses, see Print. ... Blue (from Old High German blao shining) is one of the three primary additive colors; blue light has the shortest wavelength (about 470 nm) of the three primary colors. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Tyrian purple: Classical antiquity

Main article: Tyrian purple

Tyrian Purple
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#66023C
B	(r, g, b)	(102, 2, 60)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(277°, 67%, 44%)
Source		Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Byzantine Emperor Justinian I clad in Tyrian purple, 6th-century mosaic at Basilica of San Vitale

The actual color of Tyrian purple, the original color purple from which the name purple is derived, is the color of a dye made from a mollusk that, because of its incredible expense (many times more expensive than gold), in classical antiquity became a symbol of royalty because only the very wealthy could afford it. Therefore, Tyrian purple is also called imperial purple. Murex brandaris, also known as the Spiny dye-murex The chemical structure of 6,6′-dibromoindigo, the main component of Tyrian Purple A space-filling model of 6,6′-dibromoindigo Tyrian purple (Greek: , porphura), also known as royal purple or imperial purple, is a purple-red dye made by the... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Mosaic of Justinian I, obtained from the Macedonia FAQ website, http://faq. ... Mosaic of Justinian I, obtained from the Macedonia FAQ website, http://faq. ... This article is about the Roman emperor. ... The Basilica of San Vitale The Basilica of San Vitale is the most famous monument of Ravenna, Italy and is one of the most important examples of Byzantine Art and architecture in western Europe. ... Binomial name Haustellum brandaris Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Murex brandaris The Spiny dye-murex was the mollusk species used by the ancients to produce Tyrian purple fabric dye. ... GOLD refers to one of the following: GOLD (IEEE) is an IEEE program designed to garner more student members at the university level (Graduates of the Last Decade). ... Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, which begins roughly with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer (7th century BC), and continues through the rise of Christianity and the fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century AD... Royalty may refer to either: the royal family of a country with a monarchy royalties the payment made to the owner of a copyright, patent, or trademark, for the use thereof This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Tyrian purple may have been discovered as early as the time of the Minoan civilization. Alexander the Great (when giving imperial audiences as the emperor of the Macedonian Empire), the emperors of the Seleucid Empire, and the kings of Ptolemaic Egypt wore Tyrian purple. The imperial robes of Roman emperors were Tyrian purple trimmed in metallic gold thread. The badge of office of a Roman Senator was a stripe of Tyrian purple on their white toga.^[6] Tyrian purple was continued in use by the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire until its final collapse in 1453.
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Han Purple: Ancient China

Main article: Han Purple

Han Purple
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#5218FA
B	(r, g, b)	(82, 24, 250)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(260°, 97%, 47%)
Source		Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Han purple is a type of artificial pigment found in China between 500 B.C. and 220 A.D.. It was used in the decoration of the Xian Terracotta Army. Han Purple ( BaCuSi2O6 ) is a pigment that has been used in China for over 2,000 years. ... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Natural Ultramarine pigment in powdered form. ... AD redirects here. ... AD redirects here. ... 1) The city of Xian in China 2) An alternative spelling of Christian, by analogy with Xmas as an alternative spelling of Christmas. ... The Terracotta WARRIORS (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: bīngmǎ yǒng; literally soldier and horse funerary statues) are the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Shi Huang Di the First Emperor of China. ...

Han purple is a purple in the sense that the term is used in colloquial English, i.e., it is a color between red and blue; however, it is not a purple in the sense that the term is used in color theory, i.e. a non-spectral color between red and violet on the line of purples on the CIE chromaticity diagram.
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Royal Purple: Medieval Europe

Royal Purple
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#6B3FA0
B	(r, g, b)	(107, 63, 160)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(273°, 62%, 54%)
Source		Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

This shade of purple is bluer than the ancient Tyrian purple. Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In medieval Europe, blue dyes were rare and expensive,^[7] so only the most wealthy or the aristocracy could afford to wear them. (The working class wore mainly green and brown.) Because of this (and also because Tyrian purple had gone out of use in western Europe after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476), Europeans' idea of purple shifted towards this more bluish purple known as royal purple because of its similarity to the royal blue worn by the aristocracy. This was the shade of purple worn by kings in medieval Europe.^{[citation needed]}
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Artists Pigment Purple (Red-Violet): 1930s

Main article: Red-violet

Medium violet red
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#C71585
B	(r, g, b)	(199, 21, 133)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(322°, 89%, 78%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

'Royal purple' (shown above) or the dark violet color known as vulgar purple^{[citation needed]} is the common layman's idea of purple, but professional artists, following Munsell color system (introduced in 1905 and widely accepted by 1930), regard purple as being synonymous with the red-violet color shown at right, in order to clearly distinguish purple from violet and thus have access to a larger palette of colors^{[citation needed]}. This red-violet color, called artist's purple by artists, is the pigment color that would be on a pigment color color wheel between pigment violet and pigment (process) magenta. In the Munsell color system, this color at the maximum chroma of 12 is called Red-Purple. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Purple. ... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... Munsell Color Wheel In colorimetry, the Munsell color system is a color system that specifies colors based on three color dimensions. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Purple. ... Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). ... Boutets 7-color and 12-color color circles from 1708. ... Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). ... Magenta is a color made up of equal parts of red and blue light. ...

Artists pigments and colored pencils labeled as purple are colored the red-violet color shown at right. This article is about the handwriting instrument. ...

Electric Purple: 2000s

Electric Purple
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#BF00FF
B	(r, g, b)	(191, 0, 255)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(285°, 100%, 80%)
Source		Colour Lovers
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

This color, electric purple, is precisely halfway between violet and magenta and thus fits the artistic definition of purple.^[8] Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Violet (named after the flower violet) is used in two senses: first, referring to the color of light at the short-wavelength end of the visible spectrum, approximately 380–420 nanometres (this is a spectral color). ... Magenta is a color made up of equal parts of red and blue light. ...

Using additive colors such as those on computer screens, it is possible to create a much brighter purple than with pigments where the mixing subtracts frequencies from the component primary colors. The equivalent color on a computer to the pigment color red-violet shown above would be this electric purple, i.e. the much brighter purple you can see reproduced on the screen of an electronic computer. This color is pure purple conceived as computer artists conceive it, as the pure chroma on the computer screen color wheel halfway between electric violet and electric magenta. Thus, electric purple is the purest and brightest purple that it is possible to display on a computer screen.
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Computer web color purples

Purple (HTML/CSS color)

Purple (HTML/CSS color)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#800080
sRGBB	(r, g, b)	(128, 0, 128)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(300°, 67%, 44%)
Source		HTML/CSS[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

This purple used in HTML and CSS actually is deeper and has a more reddish hue (#800080) than the X11 color purple shown below as purple (X11 color) (#A020F0), which is bluer and brighter. Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... CIE 1931 xy chromaticity diagram showing the gamut of the sRGB color space and location of the primaries. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. ... CSS redirects here. ... In computing, on the X Window System, X11 color names are represented in a simple text file, which maps certain strings to RGB color values. ...

This color may be called HTML/CSS purple.

Purple (X11 color)

Purple (X11 color)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#A020F0
B	(r, g, b)	(160, 32, 240)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(285°, 97%, 77%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color purple, as defined in the X11 color, which is a lot brighter and bluer than the HTML purple shown above. Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... In computing, on the X Window System, X11 color names are represented in a simple text file, which maps certain strings to RGB color values. ... In computing, on the X Window System, X11 color names are represented in a simple text file, which maps certain strings to RGB color values. ... HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages. ...

See the chart Color names that clash between X11 and HTML/CSS in the X11 color names article to see those colors which are different in HTML and X11. In computing, on the X Window System, X11 color names are represented in a simple text file, which maps certain strings to RGB color values. ...

This color can be called X11 purple.

Medium Purple (X11)

Medium Purple
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#9370DB
B	(r, g, b)	(147, 112, 219)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(270°, 68%, 72%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color medium purple. Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Authors of web pages have a variety of options available for specifying colors for elements of web documents. ...

This color is a medium shade of the bright X11 purple shown above.

Additional variations of purple

Orchid

Main article: Orchid (color)

Cattleya labiata

Orchid
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#DA70D6
B	(r, g, b)	(218, 112, 214)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(302°, 49%, 85%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color orchid is a light shade of purple. The name 'orchid' originates from the flowers of some species of the vast orchid flower family, such as Laelia furfuracea and Ascocentrum pusillum, which have petals of this color.
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Heliotrope

Main article: Heliotrope (color)

Heliotropium arborescens

Heliotrope
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#DF73FF
B	(r, g, b)	(223, 115, 255)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(286°, 55%, 100%)
Source		BF2S Color Guide
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The color heliotrope is a brilliant shade of purple. Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the color of the heliotrope flower. ... Image File history File links Name Heliotropium arborescens Family Boraginaceae Image no. ... Image File history File links Name Heliotropium arborescens Family Boraginaceae Image no. ... Binomial name L. The Garden Heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens) is a highly fragrant perennial plant, originally from Peru. ... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ...

Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the color of the heliotrope flower.
Heliotrope is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the color of the heliotrope flower. ... This article is about the color. ... Colour wheel with shading for colour picking. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... Species 250-300, see text The Heliotropes (Heliotropium) is a genus of plants in the family Boraginaceae with 250 to 300 species. ...

Mulberry

Mulberry
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Hex triplet		#C54B8C
B	(r, g, b)	(197, 75, 140)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(285°, 67%, 70%)
Source		Crayola
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The color mulberry is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of mulberry jam or pie. This was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 2003. Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Mulberry (disambiguation). ... Jam from berries Jam (also known as jelly or preserves) is a type of sweet spread or condiment made with fruits or sometimes vegetables, sugar, and sometimes pectin if the fruits natural pectin content is insufficient to produce a thick product. ... This article is about the baked good, for other uses see Pie (disambiguation). ... Crayola logo 2002-present Crayola past logo, 1996-2002 Crayola® is a brand of marking utensils, such as markers, chalk, and colored pencils manufactured by Crayola LLC (formerly Binney & Smith). ... For other uses, see Crayon (disambiguation). ...

The first recorded use of Mulberry as a color name in English was in 1776.^[9] The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Pansy Purple

Pansy Purple
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#78184A
B	(r, g, b)	(120, 24, 74)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(287°, 36%, 27%)
Source		ISCC-NBS
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Purple Pansy

The pansy flower has varieties that exhibit three different colors: pansy (a deep shade of violet), pansy pink, and pansy purple. Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Purple_Pansy. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Purple_Pansy. ... For the Author whose pseudonym was Pansy, see Isabella Macdonald Alden. ...

The first recorded use of Pansy Purple as a color name in English was in 1814.^[10]
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Tokyo Purple

Tokyo Purple
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Hex triplet		#5A004A
B	(r, g, b)	(90, 0, 70)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(283°, 37%, 25%)
Source		Vexillological
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Flag of Tokyo

Tokyo purple is the color of the flag of the prefecture of Tokyo in the Kantō region of Japan. This shade of dark purple has been associated with Tokyo (formerly called Edo) since ancient times. ^[11]
Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tokyo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tokyo. ... For other uses, see Flag (disambiguation). ... The prefectures of Japan are the countrys 47 sub-national jurisdictions: one metropolis (都 to), Tokyo; one circuit (道 dō), Hokkaidō; two urban prefectures (府 fu), Osaka and Kyoto; and 43 other prefectures (県 ken). ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... Kantō region, Japan. ... Map of the regions of Japan. ...

Purple in nature

Plants

• Purple needlegrass is the state grass of California.

For other uses, see Plant (disambiguation). ... Species Stipa arundinacea Stipa avenacea - black oat grass Stipa brachytricha - Korean feather grass Stipa calamagrostis - Spear Grass Stipa canadensis Stipa capillata Stipa comata Stipa gigantea - giant feather grass, golden oats Stipa joannis Stipa mollis Stipa pennata - feather grass Stipa pulchra - purple stipa Stipa spartea - porcupine grass Stipa splendens Stipa tenacissima... This is a list of official U.S. state grass: See also Lists of U.S. state insignia Categories: U.S. state insignia ... This article is about the U.S state. ...

Animals

• The purple frog is a new species of amphibian discovered in India in 2003.

For other uses, see Animal (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis Bijui, Bossuyt, 2003 Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis is a frog species from the Western Ghats, India. ... For other uses, see Amphibian (disambiguation). ...

Purple in human culture

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Anti-Apartheid Movement

• The Purple Rain Protest was a protest against apartheid that took place in Cape Town, South Africa on 2 September 1989, in which a police water cannon with purple dye sprayed thousands of demonstrators. This led to the slogan The purple shall govern.

Anti-Apartheid Movement, originally known as the Boycott Movement, was a British organization that was at the center of the international movement opposing South Africas system of apartheid and supporting South Africas Blacks. ... Also: Purple Rain Revolt, and Purple Rain Riot On September 2, 1989, four days before South Africas racially segregated parliament held its elections, Burg Street in Cape Town ran purple. ... A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ... Nickname: Motto: Spes Bona (Latin for Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Coordinates: , Country Province Municipality City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality Founded 1652 Government [1]  - Type City council  - Mayor Helen Zille  - City manager Achmat Ebrahim Area [2]  - Total 2,454. ... is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... // Water cannon of the French National Police deployed in prevision of rioting following Nicolas Sarkozys election, May 6, 2007 A water cannon is a device that shoots a high-pressure stream of water. ... The purple shall govern was a slogan painted on the wall of the Old Town House overlooking Greenmarket Square in Cape Town, South Africa. ...

Astronomy

• One of the stars in the Pleiades, called Pleione, is sometimes called Purple Pleione because, being a fast spinning star, it has a purple hue caused by its blue-white color being obscured by a spinning ring of electrically excited red hydrogen gas.^[12]

For other uses, see Astronomy (disambiguation). ... This article is about the astronomical object. ... Pleiades refers to: Pleiades (star cluster) an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus. ... Pleione is a star in the constellation Taurus and a member of the Pleiades star cluster. ... This article is about the chemistry of hydrogen. ...

Billiard Games

• Purple is the color of the ball in Snooker Plus with a 10-point value.

This article is about the various cue sports. ... Snooker Plus was a variation on the game of snooker and it was created by Joe Davis, the reigning World snooker champion of the time. ...

Calendars

• Purple is associated with Saturday on the Thai solar calendar. Anyone may wear purple on Saturdays and anyone born on a Saturday may adopt purple as their color.

For other uses, see Calendar (disambiguation) A page from the Hindu calendar 1871–1872. ... The Thai solar, or Suriyakati (สุริยคติ), calendar is used in traditional and official contexts in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. ...

Comedy

• The Purple Onion is a celebrated comedy club in the North Beach area of San Francisco, California.^[13]

A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... The Purple Onion is a celebrated cellar club in the North Beach area of San Francisco, California located at 140 Columbus (between Jackson and Pacific). ... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... Looking south-east Columbus Street (on the left), Stockton (on the right), and Green Street (not visible). ... San Francisco redirects here. ...

Dance

• The Purple Moon Dance Project is a dance group in San Francisco.^[14]

For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Dance (disambiguation). ...

Fraternities and sororities

• Sigma Lambda Beta recognizes royal purple and pure white as its official fraternal colors.
• Sigma Lambda Gamma recognizes majestic purple and shocking pink as its official colors.
• Omega Psi Phi recognizes royal purple and old gold as their official colors.

While the term fraternity can be used to describe any number of social organizations, including the Lions Club and the Shriners, fraternities and sororities are most commonly known as social organizations of higher education students in the United States and Canada but there are fraternities in the whole world (for... While the term fraternity can be used to describe any number of social organizations, including the Lions Club and the Shriners, fraternities and sororities are most commonly known as social organizations of higher education students in the United States and Canada but there are fraternities in the whole world (for... -1... This article is about the color. ... // Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority Incorporated is the largest Latina-based multicultural sorority in the country. ... This article is about the color. ... Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) is a national fraternity, and was the first black national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college. ...

Heraldry

• Porpora, or purpure, was not one of the usual tinctures in European heraldry, being added at a late date to bring the number of tinctures plus metals to seven, so that they could be given planetary associations. The classic early example of purpure is in the coat of arms of the Kingdom of León: argent, a lion purpure, as early as 1245.

Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. ... Heraldry Tinctures In heraldry, Purpure is a tincture, more or less the equivalent of the colour purple. It is one of the five dark tinctures and portrayed in black and white by lines at a clockwise 45 degree angle. ... Tinctures are the colours used to blazon coats of arms in heraldry. ... Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... Coat of arms Kingdom of León, 1030 Capital León Language(s) Mainly Latin and Astur-Leonese. ...

History

• Byzantine empresses gave birth in the Purple Chamber of the palace of the Byzantine Emperors. Therefore, being named Porphyrogenitus ("born to the purple") marked a dynastic emperor as opposed to a general who won the throne by his effort.
• In China, the Chinese name of the Forbidden City literally means "purple forbidden city" 紫禁城 with first character 紫 meaning purple (even though the Chinese Emperor himself wore yellow, which was considered in China to be the imperial color).

For other uses, see History (disambiguation). ... Look up chamber in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This is a list of Byzantine Emperors. ... Constantine VII Porphyrogenitos (the Purple-born) (905 - November 9, 959) was the son of Byzantine emperor Leo VI and nephew of Alexander III. He earned his nickname as the legitimate (or more accurately legitimized) son of Leo, as opposed to the others who claimed the throne during his lifetime. ... For other uses, see Forbidden City (disambiguation). ... The king or wang (王 wang2) was the Chinese head of state from the Zhou to Qin dynasties. ... This article is about the color. ...

Holocaust

• The purple triangle was a Nazi concentration camp badge used by the Nazis to identify several un-orthodox non-conformist religious groups known as Bibelforscher, mostly Jehovah’s Witnesses. ^[15]

For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ... The purple triangle was a concentration camp badge used by the Nazis to identify several unorthodox non-conformist religious groups known as Bibelforscher.[1][2] Among these were mainly Jehovahs Witnesses, as well as a few members of Witness splinter groups, and members of the Adventist, Baptist, and New... A chart, circa 1938 - 1942, of prisoner markings used in German concentration camps. ... The Nazi Party, officially: National Socialist German Workers Party, (German: , abbreviated NSDAP), was a political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945. ... Jehovahs Witnesses (JWs) are members of a worldwide Christian religion. ...

Literature

• Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, said, "Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender."
• As a result of its association with royalty and luxury, the term 'purple' is often used to describe pretentious or overly embellished literature. For example, a paragraph containing an excessive number of long and unusual words is called a purple passage (see Purple prose).

This article is about (usually written) works. ... Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author and feminist (although she prefers the word Womanist). ... This article is about about the novel. ... Lavender is a color that is a light shade of violet. ... A term of literary criticism, purple prose is used to describe passages, or sometimes entire literary works, written in prose so overly extravagant, ornate or flowery as to break the flow and draw attention to itself. ...

Microbiology

• In April 2007 it was suggested that early archaea may have used retinal, a purple pigment, instead of chlorophyll, to extract energy from the sun. If so, large areas of the ocean and shoreline would have been colored purple; this is called the Purple Earth theory.^[16]

An agar plate streaked with microorganisms Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, which are unicellular or cell-cluster microscopic organisms. ... Phyla Crenarchaeota Euryarchaeota Korarchaeota Nanoarchaeota ARMAN The Archaea (pronounced ) are a group of prokaryotic and single-celled microorganisms. ... Retinal, technically called retinene1 or retinaldehyde, is a light-sensitive retinene molecule found in the photoreceptor cells of the retina. ... Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. ... Sol redirects here. ... Animated map exhibiting the worlds oceanic waters. ...

Military

• In the United States and United Kingdom militaries, purple refers to programs or assignments that are "joint", i. e., that are not confined to a single service such as the Army or Navy, but apply to the entire defense establishment. Assignment to one or more joint billets is required for promotion to flag rank (Rear Admiral and higher) in the U.S. Navy. Officers in joint billets are sometimes referred to as "wearing purple" (the phrase is purely metaphorical as there are no purple uniforms in the U.S. or UK armed forces).
• During and before World War II, the Japanese used a code known as PURPLE or the Purple Code. The Allies' military successes in the Pacific theater depended on the fact that the Japanese did not know that Allied cryptographers had broken the code.
• The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after 5 April 1917 with the U.S. military.

For other uses, see Army (disambiguation). ... Naval redirects here. ... A billet is the place to which a person, generally a soldier, is assigned to sleep. ... A flank rank is one of naval officer ranks that permit its holder to fly a flag to represent where he exercises his command. ... For other uses, see Admiral (disambiguation). ... USN redirects here. ... The armed forces of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown[1], encompasses a navy, army, and an air force. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... A purple plasma ball. ... Look up ally in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) is the term used in the United States for all military activity in the Pacific Ocean and the countries bordering it, in World War II. Pacific War is a more common name, around the world, for the broader conflict between the Allies and Japan... Pre-19th century Leone Battista Alberti, polymath/universal genius, inventor of polyalphabetic substitution (see frequency analysis for the significance of this -- missed by most for a long time and dumbed down in the Vigenère cipher), and what may have been the first mechanical encryption aid. ... For other uses, see Purple Heart (disambiguation). ... Awards and decorations of the United States military are military decorations which recognize a service members service and personal accomplishments while a member of the United States armed forces. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... is the 95th day of the year (96th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States. ...

Music

• Purple Rain, song by Prince
• Start Wearing Purple is a song by gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello.
• Deep Purple is a rock band.^[17]
• "Deep Purple" (song) is also the name of a popular song that was the favorite song of Babe Ruth.
• "Purple People Eater" was one of the biggest rock and roll hits of 1958.^[18]
• "Purple Haze" is one of the most popular songs by Jimi Hendrix.^[19]
• Purple is the favorite color of the pop celebrity Prince. His 1984 film and album Purple Rain is one of his best known works. The title track is Prince's signature song and is nearly always played in concert to this day. Prince encourages his fans to wear purple to his concerts.^[20]
• Purple Ribbon Records is a hip-hop record label owned by rapper Big Boi of the rap duo Outkast. 2005 saw the release of the mixtape Got Purp? Vol 2 featuring the Purple Ribbon All-Stars and other artists on the label.
• Purple is a 1994 album by the band Stone Temple Pilots.
• Purple Music, Inc is a company in Switzerland that produces house music.^[21]
• The New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco in 1969, and its original lineup included members of the Grateful Dead.
• Purple was Frank Zappa's favorite color. ^[22]
• The Purple Bottle is a song by noise pop band Animal Collective from their Feels album.

For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ... There are multiple meanings for Purple Rain, all related to Prince: His album Purple Rain The song Purple Rain from the same album The film Purple Rain in which he starred All three were released in 1984. ... The term prince, from the Latin root princeps, is used for a member of the highest ranks of the aristocracy or the nobility. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gogol Bordello is a multi-ethnic Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999 and is known for its theatrical stage shows. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Deep Purple was the biggest hit written by pianist Peter De Rose, who broadcast, 1923 to 1939, with May Singhi as The Sweethearts of the Air on the NBC radio network. ... This article is about the baseball player. ... The Purple People Eater was a novelty song, written by Barry Cryer and performed by Sheb Wooley (1921-2003), that reached #1 in the Billboard pop charts in 1958. ... For other meanings of Purple Haze, see Purple Haze (disambiguation). ... Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitar virtuoso, singer and songwriter. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... For other uses, see Celebrity (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Prince (disambiguation). ... Singles from Purple Rain Released: May 1984 Released: July 1984 Released: September 1984 Released: November 1984 Released: January 1985 Music from the Motion Picture Purple Rain (also called just Purple Rain) is a soundtrack album by Prince and The Revolution. ... This is a trivia section. ... A signature song is the one song (or, in some cases, one of a few songs) that a popular and well-established singer, or band, is most closely identified with, even if they have had success with a variety of songs. ... Purple Ribbon Label is a record label owned by OutKast and distributed through Virgin Records. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Big Boi (born Antwan André Patton on February 1, 1975 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American hip hop artist and producer; one half of the alternative hip-hop duo OutKast. ... This article is about the hip hop group. ... Got Purp? Vol. ... Purple Ribbon All-Stars is a southern hip-hop group under the Purple Ribbon Records (distributed through Virgin Records) label. ... Singles from Purple Released: 1994 Released: 1994 Released: 1994 Released: 1994 (promo only) Released: 1995 (promo only) Purple is the second album released by the American rock band Stone Temple Pilots, on June 7, 1994, by Atlantic Records. ... Stone Temple Pilots (abbreviated STP) is an American rock band consisting of Scott Weiland (vocals), brothers Robert (bass guitar, vocals) and Dean DeLeo (guitar), and Eric Kretz (drums, percussion). ... House music is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. ... New Riders of the Purple Sage New Riders of the Purple Sage was a 1970s country rock band from Marin County, California. ... For the geological term, see Country rock (geology). ... Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. ... This article is about the band. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... The Purple Bottle is the second single from Animal Collectives 2005 album, Feels. ... Noise pop is a term used to loosely describe a number of alternative rock bands that fuse punk rocks attitude and anger with the atonal noise, feedback, and free song structures of noise music, presented in a decidedly pop context. ... Animal Collective is a New York City-based group of experimental musicians from Baltimore, Maryland. ... Feels is the seventh album by New York based band Animal Collective, released on 2005-10-18 by Fat Cat. ...

Oenology

• There is a winemaker in the Napa Valley of Northern California named Alex Cose who is with a company called the Purple Wine Co. that specializes in the production of wines for restaurants that is poured by the glass.^[23]

Oenology is the study of wines in general. ... The term vintner is applied to wine merchants as well as winemakers. ... Napa Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Napa County, California, USA. Napa Valley is widely considered one of the top wine regions in California, and all of the United States, with a history dating back to the nineteenth century. ... Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. ... For other uses, see Wine (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ...

Parapsychology

• People with purple auras are said to have a love of ritual and ceremony.^[24]

Early parapsychological research employed the use of Zener cards in experiments designed to test for possible telepathic communication. ... Black and white Kirlian photo of a fingertip. ...

Politics

• In the politics in the Netherlands, purple ("paars" in Dutch) means a government coalition of right-liberals and socialists (symbolized by blue and red, respectively), as opposed to the more common coalitions of the Christian-democratic center-party with one of the other two. From 1994 to 2002 there have been two purple cabinets.
• In United States politics, a purple state is a state equally balanced between Republicans (normally symbolized by red) and Democrats (normally symbolized as blue)(See red states and blue states).
• In British politics, purple is used to represent the United Kingdom Independence Party, a eurosceptic party wanting to pull Britain out of the European Union

For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... Socialism refers to a broad array of ideologies and political movements with the goal of a socio-economic system in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community. ... This article gives an overview of christian democracy in the Netherlands, which is also called confessional politics, including political catholicism and Protestantism. ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... GOP redirects here. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... This article is about the colour. ... Map of results by state of the 2004 U.S. presidential election, representing states won by the Democrats as blue and those won by the Republican Party as red. ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ... The United Kingdom Independence Party (commonly known as UKIP, pronounced ) is a British political party. ...

Rhyme

• Robert Burns rhymes purple with "curple" in his Epistle to Mrs. Scott. Burns is, as far as we can tell, the only writer to have used the word. A curple refers to 1) the small of the waist before the flare of the hips or 2) a derriere, rump or behind.
• Curple is a word out of Scotland, which refers to the hindquarters of a horse. The current Shorter OED lists 'curple' dating from 1591.
• In the song Grace Kelly by Mika the word purple is rhymed with "hurtful".
• In his hit song "Dang Me," Roger Miller sings these lines:

Roses are red, violets are purple
Sugar is sweet and so is maple surple [sic] A rhyme is a repetition of identical or similar sounds in two or more different words and is most often used in poetry and song. ... For other persons named Robert Burns, see Robert Burns (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... For the Mika song, see Grace Kelly (song). ... Mica Penniman (born 18 August 1983), known as Mika (IPA []), is a Lebanese-born, London-based singer who has a recording contract with Casablanca Records and Universal Music, and rose to fame around the end of 2006 and the start of 2007. ... A section of the album jacket for Golden Hits Roger Dean Miller (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. ... For other uses, see Rose (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... Species List of Viola species Violets (Viola) are a genus of flowering plants in the family Violaceae, with around 400-500 species throughout the world, mainly in the temperate Northern Hemisphere but also in Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes in South America. ... This article is about sugar as food and as an important and widely-traded commodity. ... Bottled maple syrup produced in Quebec. ...

• Hirple is a British word, which means "to walk lamely or hobble".

Sacred Scriptures

• In the Byzantine Empire, Gospel manuscripts were written in gold lettering on parchment that was colored Tyrian purple.^[25]

Scripture redirects here. ... For the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. ... Christ Pantocrator seated in a capital U in an illuminated manuscript from the Badische Landesbibliothek, Germany. ... German parchmenter, 1568 Parchment is a material for the pages of a book or codex, made from fine calf skin, sheep skin or goat skin. ...

Science Fiction

• In the Star Trek universe, Klingons have purple blood.^[26]
• In the Star Wars universe, Jedi Master Mace Windu has a purple lightsaber.
• Trance Gemini from Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda was purple in the first few season.

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Sexuality

In modern times, purple is often associated with homosexuality. This article is about human sexual perceptions. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ...

• At the 24 June 2007 San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, Yahoo passed out 3 7/16" diameter round plastic stickers with a picture of a gay man or woman imaged as one of the Yahoo Gay Pride avatars against an HTML/CSS Purple background that said Out, Proud, and Purple.^[27]
• The Purple Party is a gay circuit party that has taken place on the third weekend in April in Dallas, Texas since 2001. It is produced by the Purple Foundation to benefit gay charities. ^[28]
• In the mid 1970s, there was a gay piano bar at 2223 Market St. between Noe and Castro in San Francisco called the Purple Pickle.^[29]

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Sports

The NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings use purple as their primary color, though the former call purple as "Forum Blue", in reference to their old arena The Forum. For a time, the Milwaukee Bucks, Toronto Raptors and Utah Jazz use purple, but have since abandoned. In baseball, purple is one of the primary colors for the Colorado Rockies. In the National Football League, the Minnesota Vikings and Baltimore Ravens use purple as main colors. A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. ... NBA redirects here. ... The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. ... The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. ... The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. ... The Forum may refer to a number of things: The Great Western Forum (formerly the Fabulous Forum), an indoor sports arena in Inglewood, California, served as the home of both the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings from 1967 to 1999 until they moved to the Staples Center The... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. ... The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... Major league affiliations National League (1993–present) West Division (1993–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Colorado Rockies (1993–present) Other nicknames The Rox, Blake Street Bombers. ... NFL redirects here. ... League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1961–present) Western Conference (1961-1969) Central Division (1967-1969) National Football Conference (1970-present) NFC Central (1970-2001) NFC North (2002-present) Current uniform Team colors Purple, Gold, White Fight song Skol, Vikings Mascot Viktor the Viking, Ragnar Personnel Owner Zygi Wilf General... City Baltimore, Maryland Team colors Purple, Black, and Gold Head Coach Brian Billick Owner Steve Bisciotti General manager Ozzie Newsome Mascot The Ravens: Edgar, Allan, & Poe League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1996–present) American Football Conference (1996-present) AFC Central (1996-2001) AFC North (2002-present) Team history Baltimore...

See also

• List of colors
• Purpure

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Further reading

• "The perception of color", from Schiffman, H.R. (1990) Sensation and perception: An integrated approach (3rd edition). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

External links

• All About The Color Purple
• Hex Mixer Purple Color Chart
• All About Purple Humor Website