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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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. [1] 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 ...

  4. Royalty-free - Wikipedia

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    RF licenses can not be given on an exclusive basis. In stock photography, RF is one of the common licenses sometimes contrasted with Rights Managed licenses and often employed in subscription-based or microstock photography business models. [1] When something has a royalty-free descriptor, that does not mean it is free.

  5. Interior Designers Are Obsessed With This Daring Color Trend

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    Purple also represents royalty, so in a bolder tone it can bring a sense of presence and power to a space." ... Fox Business. Jobs report is a boom for migrants, slump for Americans. Food. Food.

  6. The history and meaning behind traditional Christmas colors

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    “The world and the color purple would never be the same,” Sawaya says. “Even though Perkin’s discovery democratized the color purple, associating it with wealth, royalty and mystery ...

  7. Seal (emblem) - Wikipedia

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    Seal (emblem) A seal is a device for making an impression in wax, clay, paper, or some other medium, including an embossment on paper, and is also the impression thus made. The original purpose was to authenticate a document, or to prevent interference with a package or envelope by applying a seal which had to be broken to open the container ...

  8. Symbol - Wikipedia

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    A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different concepts and experiences. All communication (and data processing) is achieved through symbolism: the use of ...

  9. List of flags containing the color purple - Wikipedia

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    Purple is one of the least used colors in vexillology and heraldry. Currently, the color appears in only five national flags: that of Dominica, Spain, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Mexico, and one co-official national flag, the Wiphala (co-official national flag of Bolivia). However, it is also present in the flags of several administrative ...