Purple, a color often associated with royalty and creativity, isn't a true color of light. Instead, it's a creation of our brain when it perceives a combination of red and blue light. This occurs ...

Shug Avery, the rebellious singer who first befriends and then beds the timid heroine of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple, knew a thing or two about getting noticed - it ...

PURPLE HAS ALWAYS been a colour of extremes — think royal robes, psychedelic prints, and early 2000s nostalgia. But in 2025, it’s getting a makeover. From lilac gowns, to sheer violet dresses, to ...

One mum's obsession with her favourite colour has led to her wracking up a massive £42,000 in credit card debt as she splashed out on the shade. Vanessa Allen, also known as Vanessa Purple, spends ...

Pantone, the world’s leading authority on colour, has officially given the green light to use of darker tones within the home – specifically 18-3838 Ultra Violet, which it’s named “Color of the Year ...

TORONTO, September 24, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PPG (NYSE:PPG) today announced the DULUX® PAINTS by PPG 2025 Colour of the Year: Purple Basil (DLX1046-7), a pleasant, yet high-impact hue that ...

Simply sign up to the Fashion myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Have you ever worn an outfit so terrible it triggered a phobia? I have. When I was about seven, I wore a velvet co-ord to ...

Purple is an alluringly feminine colour, and given that there are many shades of purple, anyone can find the perfect hue that suits her style and skin tone. It is particularly flattering for brown-or ...