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  2. Mood ring - Wikipedia

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    Mood ring. The original "mood ring" introduced as the Mood Stone in the summer of 1975. A mood ring is a finger ring that contains a thermochromic element, or "mood stone", that changes colors based on the temperature of the finger of the wearer.

  3. Thermochromism - Wikipedia

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    A mood ring is an excellent example of this phenomenon, but thermochromism also has more practical uses, such as baby bottles which change to a different color when cool enough to drink, or kettles which change color when water is at or near boiling point.

  4. Color psychology - Wikipedia

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    The general model of color psychology relies on six basic principles: Color can carry a specific meaning. Color meaning is either based in learned meaning or biologically innate meaning. The perception of a color causes evaluation automatically by the person perceiving.

  5. Violet (color) - Wikipedia

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    In optics, violet is a spectral color (referring to the color of different single wavelengths of light), whereas purple is the color of various combinations of red and blue (or violet) light, some of which humans perceive as similar to violet.

  6. Power ring (DC Comics) - Wikipedia

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    Kimiyo Hoshi and Halo can destroy black power rings using their light-based powers. Conner Kent used the Medusa Mask to force two Black Lanterns to experience the fullness of the Emotional Spectrum, irritating their black rings enough that they removed themselves and fled.

  7. Liturgical colours - Wikipedia

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    Liturgical colours are specific colours used for vestments and hangings within the context of Christian liturgy. The symbolism of violet, blue, white, green, red, gold, black, rose and other colours may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion.

  8. If You See a Purple Porch Light, This Is What It Means - AOL

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    But that’s not the only spotlight on the block! Here’s a closer look at the purple porch light meaning. What does a purple porch light mean? If you ever see a purple porch light, pay attention.

  9. Shades of violet - Wikipedia

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    Even among many modern speakers within the English-speaking world there is confusion about the terms purple and violet. The blue-dominated spectral color beyond blue is referred to as purple by many speakers in the United States, but this color is called violet by many speakers in the United Kingdom.

  10. Eye color - Wikipedia

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    Eye color is a polygenic phenotypic trait determined by two factors: the pigmentation of the eye's iris and the frequency-dependence of the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris.

  11. Shades of purple - Wikipedia

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    The term "Mauve" in the late 19th century could refer to either the deep, rich color of the dye or the light color of the flower. Mauve (meaning Mauveine) came into great vogue when in 1862 Queen Victoria appeared at the Royal Exhibition in a mauve silk gown—dyed with mauveine.