my favourite colour is purple, Whats yours?
I love blue, but purple is also nice, since its an intermediate between blue and red.
True, I just love the varying shades, especially the way they express themselves in flowers
Then you might not be surprised to know that purple is the color most often associated with royalty, magic, mystery and piety!
That is surprising! is there any paticular reason for this?
Yes actually, 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. Pretty neat, huh?!
That is very interesting, what time period was that in?
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
fragrant flowers, (similar to roses, and violets,) bloom between March and May.
The flowers are very variable in colour, they are Polymorphism (biology)|polymorphic, they can come in shades from white, yellow, blue, lilac, to violet. They also can be bi-coloured. The flower also can very rarely be pale yellow with violet veins, similar (but less than) to "Iris variegata". The most common colour is deep blue violet, or purple blue. The flowers are larger than