Purple Week 2 Color Theory

Purple

The color purple has crept its way into my life.... its all over the place.  When I look around me I think that it is destiny..because its all around me.

The color purple is created by a combination of red and blue hues. It is defined by any non-spectral color of violet and red. It falls on the color wheel between magenta and violet. 

In our human psychology, the color is related to royalty and nobility. Originally coming from antiquity. Not only did it draw direct attention to those of great wealth and power, but it was so luxurious and expensive that only these elite were allowed to wear it. Laws even restricted the uses of this color.

The Word "purple" originates from the Greek word "porphura", then 'purpura' which is Latin, and now Old English being 'purpul'.  The word 'purple' came from the Old English word 'purlpul'.  The first record of the word "purple being used was 975 A.D

4th Century B.C. historian Theopompus reported "Purple for dyes fetched its weight in silver at Colophon" Tyrian purple is the actual color.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple)

Byzantine Emperor Justinian I clad in Tyrian purple, 6th-century mosaic at Basilica of San Vitale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple)

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                                                                                                                                                                                COMPUTER AGE:Tyrian Purples' true color is a very high chroma pigment therefore cant properly be displayed a computer


DURABILITY OF THE COLOR

This color was known to rarely fade, but its color intensified by sunlight.The color was extracted from one of manythe sea snails hypobranchial gland which is a predatory sail. The name Tyrian purple was a dye manufactured in classical antiquity. from the secreted mucus of the "Spiny dye-murex snail"

, just one of many sea snails, probably first produced by ancient Phoencians.
The Romans prized this color.  There isnt much known for the mass productions of the dyes from the snails.  But today because we are beginning to learn that when need to allow nature to replenish itself. So now the most favorable way to collect the dye is to "milk" the snails.  Now, from what I know from fashion or just business period.  The rariety or the time and effort it takes to produce something so precious, it indeed is expensive.


There are many flowers with this beautiful color.  That it is known to also be a essential oil, that also perfume.  

It has inspired pop-culture: like one of my favorite musicians:Prince.  Who has been associated with the color purple.  Naming his 1984 Album and Film of the same name "Purple Rain". 

 And in Literary works like 1983 Pulitzer Prize winner Alice Walker, novel and film "The Color Purple"

Purple is the color of good judgment. It is the color of people seeking spiritual fulfillment. It is said if you surround yourself with purple you will have peace of mind. Purple is a good color to use in meditation. Purple is also know for healing properties such as the psychy and bodys' energy associated with the "Crown Chakra" 

being the main co-oridination center of the body and ensures you are connected to the universal sources of energy. 

 

 

 

The Amethyst, Fluorite, Sugilite, Lepidolite, and Charoite are purply gemstones and are associated with mysticism and purification. Also, used for meditation and sharpening of psychic awareness, connection with higher self, and the increase of imagination and inspiration. (http://crystal-cure.com/purple.html)

People with Purple auras are said to have a love of ritual and ceremony.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple)

Purple is displayed in many cultures, societies, and geography examples like Purple Mountain in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, Peoples Republic of China.  The Forbbidden City is known as the "purple forbidden city"  The Holocaust: The Purple Triangle was the Nazi concentration camp badge. Militaries of the Us and UK even.

In every aspect of our lives.. my life "purple" seems to be apart of. 

One day I woke up and wanted to paint my bedroom a "berries and cream" color.  It is an almost pale lavendar that in the day its very light and when the sun goes down the color deepens.  My bedding is an egg plant and mulberry sort of color.  I didnt really plan that...