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  2. Purple - Wikipedia

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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 .

  3. Culture of Texas - Wikipedia

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    At $7.4 billion or 56.7 percent of Texas's annual agricultural cash receipts, beef cattle production represents the largest single segment of Texas agriculture. This is followed by cotton at $1.9 billion (14.6 percent), greenhouse/nursery at $1.5 billion (11.4 percent), broiler chickens at $1.3 billion (10 percent), and dairy products at $947 ...

  4. Porphyry (geology) - Wikipedia

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    The term porphyry is from the Ancient Greek πορφύρα ( porphyra ), meaning "purple". Purple was the colour of royalty, and the Roman "imperial porphyry" was a deep purple igneous rock with large crystals of plagioclase. Some authors claimed the rock was the hardest known in antiquity. [3]

  5. Violet (color) - Wikipedia

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    In the 18th century, purple was a color worn by royalty, aristocrats and other wealthy people. Good-quality purple fabric was too expensive for ordinary people. The first cobalt violet, the intensely red-violet cobalt arsenate, was highly toxic. Although it persisted in some paint lines into the 20th century, it was displaced by less toxic ...

  6. The Hidden Meaning Behind Purple Fence Posts and the ... - AOL

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    Although purple is a very noticeable color, it does need to be painted on a fence post in the most visible way. It is recommended to paint the stripe so that it is three to five feet off the ...

  7. Color symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Largely because the dyes for these colors could only be sourced from precious pigments, religious figures like Madonna, Cardinals and the Virgin were seen in scarlet and purple. Today, purple symbolizes evil and infidelity in Japan, but the same is symbolized by blue in East Asia and by yellow in France.

  8. National colours - Wikipedia

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    Royal yellow, royal purple and blue sapphire Royal flags of Thailand: Timor-Leste: Red, yellow, black and white Turkmenistan: Green and white Sand United Arab Emirates: Red, green, white and black Gold and blue Uzbekistan: Blue, white, green and red Black (sports) Vietnam: Yellow and red White (sports)

  9. Political colour - Wikipedia

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    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. In Australia, purple is used by the Australian Electoral Commission, the independent statutory authority responsible for the management of federal elections ...

  10. Coat of arms of England - Wikipedia

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    The coat of arms of England is the coat of arms historically used as arms of dominion by the monarchs of the Kingdom of England, and now used to symbolise England generally. [1] The arms were adopted c. 1200 by the Plantagenet kings and continued to be used by successive English and British monarchs; they are currently quartered with the arms ...

  11. Ermine (heraldry) - Wikipedia

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    Ermine ( / ˈɜːrmɪn /) in heraldry is a "fur", a type of tincture, consisting of a white background with a pattern of black shapes representing the winter coat of the stoat (a species of weasel with white fur and a black-tipped tail). The linings of medieval coronation cloaks and some other garments, usually reserved for use by high-ranking ...