I really love the color purple, the actual shade purple not the movie lol!!
I do too. In some countries, Japan for example, the color is associated with the Japanese Emperor and society's aristocracy.
Oh really I thought most countries used red, I guess not
Well, purple is a combination of red and blue, so you're not far off! It's similar to violet.
I like most everything purple, but it is a hard color to decorate a house with I think
Depends how you do it I suspect. You could pretend to be a magician or a member of royalty and tell everyone that's why you chose the color! Most people apparently associate purple with those things
Yes I could see royalty, I could say I come from a royal family...hhmmm..
with eroticism, femininity, and seduction.
Purple was the color worn by Roman magistrates; it became the imperial color worn by the rulers of the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, and later by Roman Catholic bishops. Similarly in Japan, the color is traditionally associated with the emperor and aristocracy.
Etymology and definitions.
The word 'purple' comes from the Old English word "purpul" which derives from Latin "purpura", in turn from the Greek ("porphura"), name of
the most accurate designation for the color would be to call it 'Han indigo', although it could also be regarded as a bright shade of ultramarine (classifying ultramarine as a color and not a pigment).
The purple color seen in samples of Han purple is created by the presence of red copper (I) oxide (CuO) which is formed when Han purple decomposes (the red and blue making purple). The decomposition of Han purple to form copper (I) oxide is
Above 1050 °