PURPLE / VIOLET

Here are 10 facts about the color purple/violet:

1. The Egyptian queen Cleopatra loved purple basket . To obtain one ounce of Tyrian purple dye, she had her servants soak 20,000 Purpura snails for 10 days. 2. In Thailand , purple is worn by a widow mourning her husband's death. 3. A “ purple heart” is a U.S. military decoration for soldiers wounded or killed in battle. 4. Purple is a royal color. 5. Purple robes are an emblem of authority and rank. 6. “ Purple baskets speech” is profane talk. 7. “ Purple prose” is writing that is full of exaggerated literary effects and ornamentation. 8. Leonardo da Vinci believed that the power of meditation increases 10 times when done in a purple light, as in the purple light of stained glass. 9. Purple in a child's room is said to help develop the imagination according to color theory. 10. Richard Wagner composed his operas in a room with shades of violet , his color of inspiration.