If there's any color that conjures deep emotions more than
blue, it's
purple. Purple is the highest visible color on the human light spectrum, just before the (technically invisible) ultraviolet. It is also a color that can be simulated in painting by
combining red and blue paint. Purple as a color has symbolized royalty since antiquity, though in many cultures until recently it wasn't considered a separate color from
red. In modern times, purple is a very exotic and powerful color, while at the same time
not being very subtle. Besides
pink, purple is considered one of the most symbolic colors of the LGBT community, and occasionally associated as a color of solidarity between gay people and their straight allies.
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