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  2. The history and meaning behind traditional Christmas colors

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    Purple is the color of royalty, and many (Christians) associate it with the King of Kings, Jesus Christ,” Richter says. That explains why we often see purple used throughout Advent, the four ...

  3. Why Red and Green Became the Shades of the Holiday Season

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    The meaning behind the main Christmas colors. Traditional red and green ornaments on a Christmas tree. Aside from being beautiful, the colors of the holiday season have some significance, some ...

  4. Shades of purple - Wikipedia

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    In common English usage, purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue. [1] However, the meaning of the term purple is not well defined. There is confusion about the meaning of the terms purple and violet even among native speakers of English. [2] Many native speakers of English in the United States refer to the blue ...

  5. Purple - Wikipedia

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    In the RYB color model historically used in the arts, purple is a secondary color created by combining red and blue pigments. In the CMYK color model used in modern printing, purple is made by combining magenta pigment with either cyan pigment, black pigment, or both. In the RGB color model used in computer and television screens, purple is ...

  6. Color symbolism - Wikipedia

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    Color symbolism is the study of how different colors can convey meanings, emotions, values, and associations in various cultures, contexts, and traditions. This Wikipedia article provides an overview of the history, theories, and examples of color symbolism in art, religion, politics, and psychology.

  7. The color purple: It's a new movie and an old hue that's rich ...

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    In creating a world in sound, “purple doesn't have as clear a set of connotations” as some other colors, like the sadness of blue or the rage of red, said Nate Sloane, who specializes in the ...

  8. Tyrian purple - Wikipedia

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    Tyrian purple is a pigment made from the mucus of several species of Murex snail. Production of Tyrian purple for use as a fabric dye began as early as 1200 BC by the Phoenicians, and was continued by the Greeks and Romans until 1453 AD, with the fall of Constantinople.

  9. Traditional colors of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Most names of colors originate from the names of plants, flowers, and animals that bore or resembled them. Certain colors and dyeing techniques have been used since the Asuka period, while others had been developed as late as the Meiji period when synthetic dyes became common. Due to the long history of use of this color system, some variations ...