Purple

[Pookie]

http://www.purple.com/

[thartley]

I'm inclined to believe there is no squirrel.

[joe_banks]

i can see how the novelty of that site could wear thin very quickly. i'm guessing not a lot of repeat visitors.

now if they changed their theme to blue, but kept the name, then that would be interesting and it might get people coming back. \"hey mate, did you hear purple.com changed their site to navy blue. no, they kept the same name. isn't that crazy? i love that site, it always keeps me guessing.\"

[HorseFilms]

I don't know what impresses me more... the fact that it's there, or that it's been there for 12 years.

[thartley]

HAHA!!!!

[lpcvideo1]

The color terms purple and violet cause confusion for many people: they are used interchangeably in some casual conversation. But technically purple is the name of the colour group of many such as violet, mauve, magenta, indigo and lilac. Indigo is a blue-purple, lilac is a light purple and mauve is in between.

Technically, violet is a spectral color (of approximately 420-380nm), shorter wavelength than blue, while purple is a combination of red and blue and is the only color on the color wheel that is not a spectral color (there is no such thing as the \"wavelength of purple light\": it only exists as a combination). Purple was not present on Newton's color wheel (which went directly from violet to red), but is present on modern ones.

In the 19th century William Perkin invented mauve, a shade of purple, from coal oil. It quickly became popular among all classes, and sparked major industrial development in the German chemical industry.

[PK]

Has somebody been visiting wikipedia again?

[lpcvideo1]

:whistle:

[thartley]

lpcvideo1 wrote:

In the 19th century William Perkin invented mauve, a shade of purple, from coal oil.

dang it!  I've wanted to invent a new color all my life!     So did he make up the word \"mauve\", too?

[Ginafish]

lpc said: But technically purple is the name of the colour group of many such as violet, mauve, magenta, indigo and lilac. Indigo is a blue-purple, lilac is a light purple and mauve is in between.

Okeedookie... Now, how am I suppose to explain all this to my 3 year old when we open the box of crayons...

[PK]

Just hide all the difficult colors.