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  2. Viola sororia - Wikipedia

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    Viola sororia ( / vaɪˈoʊlə səˈrɔːriə / vy-OH-lə sə-ROR-ee-ə ), [ 5] known commonly as the common blue violet, is a short-stemmed herbaceous perennial plant native to eastern North America. It is known by a number of common names, including common meadow violet, purple violet, woolly blue violet, hooded violet, and wood violet.

  3. Tzitzit - Wikipedia

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    Others have disputed whether the coloring that comes from the Murex trunculus is the same as the biblical tekhelet, based on the fact that according to traditional Jewish sources tekhelet is supposed to be a dark shade of blue, while wool that was discovered in archaeological excavations and was found to have been colored with Murex dye is violet.

  4. List of A Series of Unfortunate Events characters - Wikipedia

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    They appear to wear both men and women outfits stitched together similarly to the circus performer Josephine Joseph; they also have a mustache on the left side, a beauty mark on the right lip, and a mole in the top middle of their forehead. In the Netflix series, the Person is portrayed by Matty Cardarople. The Person is the youngest member of ...

  5. LGBT symbols - Wikipedia

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    Violets, symbol of Sapphic love. Violets and their color became a special code used by lesbians and bisexual women. [27] [28] [29] The symbolism of the flower derives from several fragments of poems by Sappho in which she describes a lover wearing garlands or a crown with violets.

  6. Color symbolism - Wikipedia

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    In the Catholic Church, the Virgin Mary is most often depicted wearing blue, to symbolize being "full of grace" by divine favor. [11] Blue is widely used for baby boys' clothes or bedrooms, although the reason blue is so strongly associated with boys is debated. [12] Blue can also represent sadness and depression ("they have the blues").

  7. Peace symbols - Wikipedia

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    The rainbow thus became a symbol of Peace across the earth and the sky, and, by extension, among all men. [74] The flag usually has the colours violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red from top to bottom, but some have the violet stripe below the blue one (as in the picture at the right) or a white one at the top. [77]

  8. Liturgical colours - Wikipedia

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    The symbolism of violet, blue, white, green, red, gold, black, rose and other colours may serve to underline moods appropriate to a season of the liturgical year or may highlight a special occasion. There is a distinction between the colour of the vestments worn by the clergy and their choir dress , which with a few exceptions does not change ...

  9. Shades of violet - Wikipedia

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    The blue-dominated spectral color beyond blue is referred to as purple by many speakers in the United States, but this color is called violet by many speakers in the United Kingdom. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In some British authoritative texts the term purple refers to any mixture of red and blue, suggesting the color term purple covers the full range ...