Purple Mountains Majesty

September 13, 2016

Regal, majestic, & mysterious, the color purple has come to hold a myriad of associations over the years, many relating to power in one form or another. Join the babes as they dive into the history of this captivating color & pay loving tribute to their favorite Prince of purple.

Sources

Ball, Phillip. Bright Earth, Art, and the Invention of Colour. University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Finlay, Victoria. Color: A Natural History of the Palette. New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.

Links

http://www.bustle.com/articles/156200-why-did-prince-love-purple-lets-revisit-the-importance-of-the-icons-signature-color

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-prince-death-very-short-history-of-the-color-purple-20160423-column.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/was-purple-really-princes-favourite-colour/

http://www.colormatters.com/the-meanings-of-colors/purple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6M0WjGyC-E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLCO11LF4i8

http://www.charlesparsonsinteriors.com/blog/historyofpurple/

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/28/12310762/mysterious-purple-orb-nautlius?ICID=ref_fark