What Do You Know About The Color Purple?

1. The color purple throughout history has represented...

Poverty.

Arrogance and the need to prove worth to others.

Royalty and Power

Gold.

Only the richest of the rich could afford purple clothing as it was at one point more expensive than gold. Therefore, only royal families could ever afford purple and made sure it was not easily accessible to the poor.

Explanation

Only the richest of the rich could afford purple clothing as it was at one point more expensive than gold. Therefore, only royal families could ever afford purple and made sure it was not easily accessible to the poor.

2. The first way of making purple dye came from the extraction of mucus from a sea ______.

Whale

Dugong

Snail

Turtle

It took almost 9000 snails to make one gram of purple dye.

Explanation

It took almost 9000 snails to make one gram of purple dye.

3. Politically, a purple state is....

A state that is primarily third party.

A state that has a fairly equal amount of democratic and republican support.

When a judge must dismiss a case based on the lack of a nonpolitically-biased attorney.

A state is declared purple when there is not overwhelming support for either party, democrat nor republican-- this means that either side can win given the situation.

Explanation

A state is declared purple when there is not overwhelming support for either party, democrat nor republican-- this means that either side can win given the situation.

4. Where did purple get its name?

The Latin word "purulente"

An extinct breed of porpoise that was thought to have purple eyes.

The Greek word "porphyra".

A slang word made by the poor to mean "pompous"

Yep, the Greeks invented it. It has since carried over to Latin, Old English, and has maintained its general word structure since it was integrated into Modern English today.

Explanation

Yep, the Greeks invented it. It has since carried over to Latin, Old English, and has maintained its general word structure since it was integrated into Modern English today.

5. What does the phrase "purple cow" mean?

Something that must be done synthetically just like the synthetic dyes used today.

Something that is impossible.

Implication of a psychedelic experience

Something that stands out from the rest and is entirely unique.

This phrase is used to acknowledge something that is entirely unique, unusual, or eye opening because of its abnormality.

Explanation

This phrase is used to acknowledge something that is entirely unique, unusual, or eye opening because of its abnormality.

6. When was the first inexpensive synthetic purple dye invented?

New Year's Day of 1922

1856

It wasn't-- Snails were bred by the masses in order to lower the price of the dye.

1854, at the start of the Crimean war in order to differentiate troops from eachother.

The first synthetic purple dye was created by accident! 18 year old chemistry student William Henry Perkin, was working from a lab in his home when he made the dye by mistake in 1856.

Explanation

The first synthetic purple dye was created by accident! 18 year old chemistry student William Henry Perkin, was working from a lab in his home when he made the dye by mistake in 1856.

7. Which is not a shade of purple?

Eggplant

Heliotrope

Purple Pizzazz

Fuchsia

Fuchsia is considered more of a pink than a purple, and is thought by some to even be a receptive malfunction by our brains when we cannot process a color!

Explanation

Fuchsia is considered more of a pink than a purple, and is thought by some to even be a receptive malfunction by our brains when we cannot process a color!

8. How many flags across the world have the color purple in it?

56 official flags.

Only 3

About two dozen since the dye has gone down in price over time.

One.

Because of the high cost of the purple dye, it was not affordable to use purple in country flags over time. However, the flag of Dominica has a very small amount of purple on the bird depicted, making it one of a kind.

Explanation

Because of the high cost of the purple dye, it was not affordable to use purple in country flags over time. However, the flag of Dominica has a very small amount of purple on the bird depicted, making it one of a kind.

9. A historical figure that was famous for sporting the color purple was ________________.

Abraham Lincoln

Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

Edgar Allan Poe

Julius Caesar loved to wear the color purple as he knew it was exclusive to kings, and made it so that only he and few people he granted permission to could wear purple.

Explanation

Julius Caesar loved to wear the color purple as he knew it was exclusive to kings, and made it so that only he and few people he granted permission to could wear purple.

10. Remember that snail from earlier? The dye that was extracted was called Tyrian purple. What was the name of the snail the dye came from?

Phoenician mollusk

Tyrian snail

Bolinus brandaris

Cornu aspersum

The dye gets its name from the ancient city of Tyre that was located in modern day Lebanon. This city was the center of the purple dye trade for centuries.

Explanation

The dye gets its name from the ancient city of Tyre that was located in modern day Lebanon. This city was the center of the purple dye trade for centuries.