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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 .
Violet has a long history of association with royalty, originally because Tyrian purple dye was extremely expensive in antiquity. The emperors of Rome wore purple togas, as did the Byzantine emperors.
Purple has long been considered to be a regal and royal color because, as Sawaya explains, prior to 1856, purple dyes and pigments were rare and only the wealthiest could afford it.
Today, purple symbolizes evil and infidelity in Japan, but the same is symbolized by blue in East Asia and by yellow in France. Additionally, the sacred color of Hindu and Buddhist monks is orange. The Renaissance was also a time in which black and purple were colors of mourning.
The color royal purple is a tone of purple that is bluer than the ancient Tyrian purple. The first recorded use of royal purple as a color name in English was in 1661. In 1990, royal purple was formulated as one of the Crayola crayon colors.
Chinese cardinal and intermediary colors. Chinese culture attaches certain values to colors, like which colors are considered auspicious ( 吉利) or inauspicious ( 不利 ). The Chinese word for 'color' is yánsè ( 顏色 ). In Literary Chinese, the character 色 more literally corresponds to 'color in the face' or 'emotion'.
purple: Nobility/Royalty, Rebirth, Spring white: Forgiveness, Remembrance, Sincerity; "I am worthy of you" yellow: Cheerful thoughts, Sunshine, Hope, Desperate love, "There's sunshine in your smile"; hopeless love: blue: Respect, Tranquility, Trust orange: Understanding, Appreciation, Truest love black: Power, Strength, Supreme elegance variegated
Purple has been the colour of the international Pirate Party movement since the founding of the Swedish Pirate Party in 2006. Purple is often associated with feminism and when combined with black, is often used to represent anarcha-feminism. In Albania, purple is the colour of the Socialist Party of Albania.
Purple flag (the Queen's birthday colour), the middle is Queen Suthida's royal cypher, topped by the Crown of the Great Lady.
A legend enhances the mystique of royalty by informing us that a vial of oil—the Holy Ampulla—descended from Heaven to anoint and sanctify Clovis as King, descending directly on Clovis or perhaps brought by a dove to Saint Remigius.