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  2. Fuchsia (color) - Wikipedia

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    Fuchsia ( / ˈfjuːʃə /, FEW-shə) is a vivid pinkish-purplish- red color, [1] named after the color of the flower of the fuchsia plant, which was named by a French botanist, Charles Plumier, after the 16th-century German botanist Leonhart Fuchs . The color fuchsia was introduced as the color of a new aniline dye called fuchsine, patented in ...

  3. The Color of Pomegranates - Wikipedia

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    The Color of Pomegranates [a] is a 1969 Soviet Armenian art film written and directed by Sergei Parajanov. [1] [2] The film is a poetic treatment of the life of 18th-century Armenian poet and troubadour Sayat-Nova. [3] It has appeared in many polls as one of the greatest films ever made [4] [5] and was hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.

  4. Turquoise (color) - Wikipedia

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    Turquoise (/ ˈ t ɜːr k (w) ɔɪ z / TUR-k(w)oyz) is a cyan color, based on the mineral of the same name.The word turquoise dates to the 17th century and is derived from the French turquois, meaning 'Turkish', because the mineral was first brought to Europe through Turkey from mines in the historical Khorasan province of Iran (Persia) and Afghanistan today.

  5. Akosua Busia - Wikipedia

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    Relatives. Abena Busia (sister) Website. www .akosuabusia .net /oganization /. Akosua Gyamama Busia (born 30 December 1966) [1] [2] is a Ghanaian actress, writer and songwriter. She is known to film audiences for playing Nettie Harris in the 1985 film The Color Purple. She is the daughter of Ghanaian Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia .

  6. List of flags containing the colour purple - Wikipedia

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    List of flags containing the colour purple. Purple is one of the least used colors in vexillology and heraldry. Currently, the color appears in only three national flags: that of Dominica, Spain, and Nicaragua, and one co-official national flag, the Wiphala (co-official national flag of Bolivia) [original research?].

  7. Wario - Wikipedia

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    Wario [a] is a character in Nintendo 's Mario video game series that was designed as an archnemesis to Mario. Wario first appeared as the main antagonist and final boss in the 1992 Game Boy game Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. His name is a portmanteau of the name Mario and the Japanese word warui ( 悪い ), meaning "bad".

  8. Color term - Wikipedia

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    high-frequency, and. agreed upon by speakers of that language. English has 11 basic color terms: black, white, red, green, yellow, blue, brown, orange, pink, purple, and gray; other languages have between 2 and 12. All other colors are considered by most speakers of that language to be variants of these basic color terms.

  9. Color theory - Wikipedia

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    Color theory, or more specifically traditional color theory, is the historical body of knowledge describing the behavior of colors, namely in color mixing, color contrast effects, color harmony, color schemes and color symbolism. [1] Modern color theory is generally referred to as Color science. While there is no clear distinction in scope ...