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purple

Also known as color purple, purple color, colour purple, purple colour, Purpule

Purple is a color similar in appearance to violet light. In the RYB color model historically used in the arts, purple is a secondary color created by combining red and blue pigments. In the CMYK color model used in modern printing, purple is made by combining magenta pigment with either cyan pigment, black pigment, or both. In the RGB color model used in computer and television screens, purple is created by mixing red and blue light in order to create colors that appear similar to violet light. According to color theory, purple is considered a cool color.

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Purple is a color that resembles violet light and can be created by mixing red and blue—whether as pigments in paint, inks in printing, or light on screens. It matters because understanding how to produce purple is essential across different fields like art, printing, and digital display, each of which uses different methods to create the color.

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Color.source: HTML color names
Color.title: Purple
Color.caption: Clockwise, from top left: an iris; bishops; an eggplant; sunset; Messier 81
Color.hex: 800080
Color.cmyk: (0, 100, 0, 50)

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Image: Color icon purple v2.svg

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Commons category: Purple
sRGB color hex triplet: 800080
P8168: La Chaux
CSS color keyword: purple

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Etymology and definitions
In art, history, and fashion
In prehistory and the ancient world
China
Purple in the Byzantine Empire and Carolingian Europe
The Middle Ages and Renaissance
18th and 19th centuries
20th and 21st centuries
In science and nature
Optics
Relationship with violet
Pigments
Dyes
Animals
Anthocyanins
Plants and flowers
Microbiology
Astronomy
Geography
Purple mountains phenomenon
Mythology
Associations and symbolism
Royalty
Piety, faith, penitence, and theology
Vanity, extravagance, individualism
The artificial, materialism and beauty
Ambiguity and ambivalence
Mourning
In culture and society
Cultures of Asian countries
Cultures of Europe
Ancient Rome
Medieval Europe
Engineering
Idioms and expressions
Military
Politics
Rhyme
Sexuality
Sports and games
Business
In flags
See also
References
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Purple has long been associated with royalty, originally because Tyrian purple dye—made from the secretions of sea snails—was extremely expensive in antiquity. 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.