... doesn't really inspire me ... cardinals, the Scarlet Pimpernel ...

 

In Thailand, purple is worn by a widow mourning her husband's death.

Leonardo da Vinci believed that the power of meditation increases ten times when done in a purple light, as in the purple light of stained glass.

Richard Wagner composed his operas in a room with shades of violet, his colour of inspiration.

"Purple prose" is writing that is full of exaggerated literary effects and ornamentation.

"Purple speech" is profane talk.

"a purple heart" is a U.S. military decoration for soldiers wounded or killed in battle.

"a scarlet woman" - a woman notorious for her many seductions of men.

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