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Purple urine bag syndrome ( PUBS) is a medical syndrome where purple discoloration of urine occurs in people with urinary catheters and co-existent urinary tract infection. Bacteria in the urine produce the enzyme indoxyl sulfatase. This converts indoxyl sulfate in the urine into the red and blue colored compounds indirubin and indigo. [1]
Traditionally, the standard colors in Chinese culture are black, red, cyan ( 青; qīng ), white, and yellow. Respectively, these correspond to water, fire, wood, metal, and earth, which comprise the 'five elements' ( wuxing) of traditional Chinese metaphysics. Throughout the Shang, Tang, Zhou and Qin dynasties, China's emperors used the Theory ...
Salvia officinalis 'Purpurascens' is the purplish-leaved variety (or group of varieties) of common sage. Poliomintha incana, also called frosted sage, gray mint, etc., is a small, pale purple-flowered shrub of the mint family native to the Southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. It is found in the Colorado Plateau area of Utah [2] and has been ...
Goat symbolizes harvest and fertility. Horse is a symbol of loyalty, devotion, freedom. Cuckoo in Ukrainian songs is a symbol of a mother mourning her children. Crane is a symbol of sorrow for a native land. Swallow is a symbol of well-being, happiness, marriage consent, spring and nature rebirth.
Tekhelet (Hebrew: תְּכֵלֶת təḵēleṯ; alternative spellings include tekheleth, t'chelet, techelet, and techeiles) is a highly valued dye described as either "sky blue" (Hebrew: תּכוֹל , Ta'ḵhol or Ta'chol, Ta'hol), or "light blue" (כחול בהיר , ḵa'chol bahir, ḵa'ḵhol bahir, ca'hol bahir), that held great significance in ancient Mediterranean ...
Purpure. p., pu., purp. In heraldry, purpure ( / ˈpɜːrpjʊər /) is a tincture, equivalent to the colour purple, and is one of the five main or most usually used colours (as opposed to metals ). It may be portrayed in engravings by a series of parallel lines at a 45-degree angle running from upper right to lower left from the point of view ...
Ọya ( Yorùbá: Ọya, also known as Oyá or Oiá; Yàńsàn-án or Yansã; and Iansá or Iansã in Latin America) is an Orisha of winds, lightning, and violent storms. [1] As a river deity she is also regarded as a deity of children, able to provide children to her devotees or those who come to her banks at the Niger river.
Puce is a brownish purple color. The term comes from the French couleur puce, literally meaning "flea color".. Puce became popular in the late 18th century in France. It appeared in clothing at the court of Louis XVI, and was said to be a favorite color of Marie Antoinette, though there are no portraits of her wearing it.