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  2. Purple - Wikipedia

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    The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada, and Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Canada, have purple as one of its main team colors. Purple is the color of the ball in Snooker Plus with a 10-point value. In the game of pool, purple is the color of the 4-solid and the 12-striped balls.

  3. Byzantium (color) - Wikipedia

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    The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple.It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple (hue rendering), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors.

  4. Academic dress in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Although universities that adopted academic dress assigned specific meanings to them, there was no consistency among the various sets of rules. For example, when the University of Pennsylvania adopted its academic dress statute in April 1887 it abolished hoods. Instead, it assigned eight faculty colors [23] that were shown on the gowns’ yokes ...

  5. Color in Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    A Chinese idiom meaning 'multi-colored', Wǔyánliùsè (五顏六色), can also refer to 'colors' in general. In Chinese mythology , the goddess Nüwa is said to have mended the Heavens after a disaster destroyed the original pillars that held up the skies, using five colored stones in the five auspicious colors to patch up the crumbling ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Psychology - Wikipedia

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    Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. [1] [2] Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both conscious and unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feelings, and motives. Psychology is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between the natural and social ...

  8. Earth tone - Wikipedia

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    However, Color psychology is a complex and often subjective field, and there is no single "correct" way to use color to achieve a particular effect. Different individuals and cultures may have different associations with particular colors, and the same color may have different meanings in different contexts.

  9. Synesthesia - Wikipedia

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    Grapheme–color synesthetes, as a group, share significant preferences for the color of each letter (e.g., A tends to be red; O tends to be white or black; S tends to be yellow, etc.) [18] Nonetheless, there is a great variety in types of synesthesia, and within each type, individuals report differing triggers for their sensations and ...