Why is purple a colour for mystical powers or magic?
If you ever binge watched movies about witches or magic made in recent years they have magical powers on-screen portrayalContinue Reading
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Monet’s Shadow Study: How Purple Hues inspired Claude Monet’s study of light
This is a revision of a previous post about Monet’s Shadow Study from 2019. This took place a few yearsContinue Reading
A Brief History of Manganese Violet
Manganese is a free element that is not made up of any other compound found in nature. It is numberContinue Reading
Logwood: The Fashion Statement Connected to Puritans and Pirates
Since the days of dyeing cloth some colours fade fairly quickly. With the colour black, fading and richness of theContinue Reading
How Victorian Women Wore Their Mourning Clothes
The Victorians had a fascination with death with the mortality rate being low, and disease epidemics like tuberculosis and choleraContinue Reading
What are violet eyes?
Some people believe that violet eyes mean that you were born with purple eyes. It’s not common that people canContinue Reading
The Gothic History of Periwinkle
I always found this name to be a funny name for a colour. Then I tried to think why wasContinue Reading
Color Out of Space: Lovecraft Water Horror
H.P. Lovecraft is a well-known author for his creature horror stories like The Call of Cthulhu, At the Mountain ofContinue Reading
Puce Was Once The Height Of 18th Century French Fashion For A Second
Puce is mostly seen as a colour seen in Fall fashion. The wine-deep mauve colour that can look sophisticated andContinue Reading
Orange & Purple vs. Printing. Why so difficult?
Orange and purple are somewhat difficult to print.
The Journey of Purple: In Social Order and Social Change
The history and significance of purple in society.
Under The Moonlight 