Purple Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
- ''Alternate uses: Purple (disambiguation)
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Purple sometimes symbolizes royalty, dating back to Roman times, when clothing dyed with Tyrian purple was limited to the upper classes. It was the favorite color of many kings and queens.
Byzantine empresses gave birth in the Purple Chamber of the palace of the Byzantine Emperors.
Thus being named Porphyrogenitus ("born to the purple") marked a dynastic emperor as opposed to a general who won the throne by his effort.
In the 1800's William Perkins invented mauve, a shade of purple, from coal oil. It quickly became popular among all classes, and sparked major industrial development in the German chemical industry.
In the United States military, purple refers to programs or assignments that are "joint", i.e. are not confined to a single service such as the Army or Navy but apply to the entire defense establishment. Assignment to one or more joint billets is required for promotion to flag rank (Rear Admiral and higher) in the U.S. Navy. Officers in joint billets are sometimes referred to as "wearing purple" (the phrase is purely metaphorical as there are no puple uniforms in the U.S. armed forces).
Purple as one of the liturgical colours in Christian symbolism can express sorrow and mourning.
In politics in the Netherlands, purple means a government coalition of right-liberals and socialists (symbolized by blue and red, respectively), as opposed to the more common coalitions of the Christian center-party with one of the other two. From 1994–2002 there have been two purple cabinets—see also Politics of the Netherlands and Paars (the Dutch word for "purple").
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Color Coordinates
Hex triplet = #660099
RGB (r, g, b) = (102, 0, 153)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) = (50, 153, 0, 102)
HSV (h, s, v) = (280, 100, 60)
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