"Royalty and Spirituality: Purple is royalty. A mysterious colour, purple is associated with both nobility and spirituality. The opposites of hot red and cool blue combine to create this intriguing colour.
Nature of Purple: Purple has a special, almost sacred place in nature: lavender, orchid, lilac, and violet flowers are often delicate and considered precious. Because purple is derived from the mixing of a strong warm and strong cool colour it has both warm and cool properties. A purple room can boost a child's imagination or an artist's creativity. Too much purple, like blue, could result in moodiness.
Culture of Purple: The colour of mourning for widows in Thailand, purple was the favourite colour of Egypt's Cleopatra. It has been traditionally associated with royalty in many cultures. Purple robes were worn by royalty and people of authority or high rank. The Purple Heart is a U.S. Military decoration given to soldiers wounded in battle.
Using Purple: Deep or bright purples suggest riches while lighter purples are more romantic and delicate. Use redder purples for a warmer colour scheme or the bluer purples to cool down.
Using Purple with Other Colours: A deep eggplant purple with neutral tans or beige is an earthy, conservative colour combination with a touch of the mystery that purple provides. Green and purple can be a striking combination in deep or bright jewel tones or use lighter shades for a cheerful, springlike feel. Pink and purple has feminine appeal.
Language of Purple: The use of purple in familiar phrases can help a designer see how their colour of choice might be perceived by others, both the positive and negative aspects.
Good purple
- Purple cow - something remarkable, eye-catching, unusual
- Purple prose - exaggeration, highly imaginative writing (also has negative connotations)
Bad purple
- Purple speech - profanity, raunchy language
- Purple prose - exaggeration, colourful lies
- Purple haze - state of confusion or euphoria, possibly drug-induced, type of marijuana
Purple Words: These words are synonymous with purple or represent various shades of the colour purple.
Violet, plum, lavender, lilac, puce, thistle, orchid, mauve, magenta, royal, amethyst, wine, pomegranate, eggplant, mulberry.
By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com
Geowife and Purple
Geowife loved purple long before it became fashionable and will love it long after it goes out of fashion.
She really enjoyed movie "The Color Purple" - she described it as very enjoyable, beautiful, sad and dramatic. And I like the following quote from Shug: "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it." .....except for Scotch Thistles in Australia.
Now, down to business... See the Purple Puzzle image below.
This is a serious walk for experienced outdoor enthusiasts who are too silly to click on the ignore button for puzzles. Photos are welcome - as long as they don't compromise the cache placement.
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