P is for Purple

Purple is one of my favorite colors, from soft, soothing lavendar to deep royal purple, from amethyst jewelry to purple twilight.

 

Some facts about purple:

• Purple was the color of the first dye made by man. It was called “Mauveine” and was made out of coal tar. The recipe was discovered by William Henry Perkin in 1856.
• Purple is the color of mourning for widows in Thailand.
• Purple was the favorite color of Egypt’s Cleopatra and 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.
• In Christianity, purple is associated with Advent and Lent. Catholic priests wear purple vestments before performing Reconciliation.
• Even in U.S. politics, a state with equal distribution of Republicans and Democrats is referred to as a “purple state.”
• Purple is the color of the highest denomination poker chip = $5,000.

 

 

 

 

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Here's a poem about purple from Hailstones and Halibut Bones

 

Time is purple

Just before night

When most people

Turn on the light--

But if yuou don't, it's

A beautiful sight.

Asters are purple

There's purple ink.

Purple's more popular

Than you think...

Its sort of a great

Grandmother to pink.

There are purple shadows

And purple veils

Some ladies purple

Their fingernails

There's purple jam

And purple jell

And a purple bruise

Next day will tell

Where you landed

When you fell.

The purple feeling

Is rather put-out

The purple look

Is a definite pout.

But the purple sound

Is the loveliest thing

It's a violet opening

In the spring.