![]() ![]() The color is also often associated with the LGBTQ community. This link has been given new ownership and a radical reshaping by the feminist movement, which has adopted purple as its symbolic color. Purple is also associated historically with femininity, sensuality, and sometimes vanity. In the 20th century modern monarchs continued to use the color symbolically, such as the British royal family, who chose it for their ceremonial dress and stationery. In Japan, it’s associated with the Emperor and the aristocracy. There are many historical sources pointing to purple as an exclusive color for the noble sectors of society. It was reserved for Roman magistrates, Byzantine emperors and, later, by Roman Catholic bishops. This is because as early as the 15th century BC purple dye (known as Tyrian purple) was sourced from a certain type of mollusk, making it a rare and special color. Purple has ancient roots as a color that was linked directly to royalty and rarity. Purple has strong links to royalty and ritual, but it’s also commonly connected to seduction and experimentation.Purple has associations with bisexuality and gender fluidity.In the Christian church, clergy members wear purple robes to symbolize piety.Here are a few examples of purple’s meanings, which tend to contradict themselves: ![]() Purple’s symbolic and psychological associations vary widely from religious conservatism to femininity, from nobility to protest movements. While light purple can evoke feelings of romance and nostalgia, darker purples can feel gloomier, moodier, and provoke feelings of sadness and frustration. Treading the line between aggressive red and restrained blue, purple occupies a cryptic middle ground. Why is purple divisive? Perhaps in part because purple has long been associated with ambiguity, mystery, and magic. According to a recent YouGov survey the most likely answer is going to be blue, followed by red and green. Don’t agree? Ask your friends and colleagues what their favorite color is. Look to yellow’s close neighbors, orange and lime green, for more color palette options that bring out the best in purple. This means that citrus shades are the perfect balancing color contrast for purple. Purple’s complementary color is yellow because purple sits opposite yellow on the color spectrum. This means that violet occupies its own place at the end of the spectrum of light and has its own wavelength as a result. While purple is a mix of red and blue, violet is considered to be a ‘spectral’ color. Scientific evidence, however, points to a much clearer definition of both purple and violet. In Germany, this particular color is sometimes called purpurrot (‘purple-red’) to avoid confusion. Pourpre (purple in French) contains more red and less blue of the color thought of as “purple” in the United States and the U.K. In France, purple is considered to be closer to a version of violet with dark red tones. For example, the ancient version of purple we now refer to as Tyrian purple ranged from deep red to blue-purple, depending on how the dye was made. Purple sits closer to red, while violet sits closer to blue.Ĭulturally and geographically, the definitions of violet and purple vary and, in some cases, overlap. ![]() Violet sits next to purple on the color spectrum and is often confused with and/or associated with purple. Purple sits in a more ambiguous place between the two. Red is often perceived as dominant and aggressive, while blue is calmer and more soothing. (See below for notes on blue’s true neighbor color, violet.) License this color wheel image adapted from contributor Antun Hirsman. If you look at a traditional painter’s color wheel, you’ll see that purple sits between red and blue. The two colors that make purple are red and blue.
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