Purple is the color of royalty, nobility, luxury, and ambition. It is often associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and (my favorite) magic!
However, dark purples are said to represent saddness, loneliness, and frustration.
Purple On The Mind:
- Websites and advertisement companies use colors to make people feel different ways about the subject. Purple is often used to inspire creativity and the feeling of importance.
- The color purple usually sets the mind at ease and can have a calming effect.
- More often then not though, purple is used to show rarity and to make users feel like royalty.
Purple Facts!:
- Purple is a non-spectral color. It is not one of the colors on the visible spectrum and does not have its own wavelength of light.
- The ancient city of Phoenicia (on a Greek island) means Land of the Purple. This is believed to be where purple was first produced.
- China's famous "Forbidden City" in modern Beijing is technically called "The Purple Forbidden City," a reference to a secret purple area in heaven thought to be centered near the north star.
- Purple is not a common flag color. Only two flags contain purple.
- Purple is the color of mourning or death in many cultures (U.K., Italy, Thailand, Brazil)
- In Italy most performing artists would not go on stage if they have to wear anything purple
- Purple is a symbolic color for the gay community in many Western cultures.
Websites that use the color purple:
Works Cited
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