A Plethora of Purple

 Welcome

All kaleidoscope by inkspired and KaleidaCam 

Purple.

Let’s explore everything PURPLE!

Jellyfish:

DivePhotoGuide, Lea Lee’s Gallery

Flowers:

Ground over, Balcony Garden Web

Pysanky eggs:

Lobelia, Ukrainian Pysanky Easter egg by So Jeo

The first recorded use of the word ‘purple’

was in the AD 900’s.

Footwear:

Fabulous Maribou Slide, Walmart

From an article from bettinaelcreation.com

Are you feeling purplish yet?

Glassware:

Godinger Serveware, Macy’s

Feathers:

Macaw feathers close-up, iCanvas, by Michael Fitzsimmon

Nudibranch:

Nudibranch, posted by bouphonia.blogspot.com

The word ‘purple’ comes from the name of a Tyrian purple dye made from 

mucus secreted by 

the spiny murex snail!

The Phoenician trading city of Tyre

is now in modern day Lebanon.

Furniture:

    French Louis XVI Settee, purple velvet, Etsy

Hand beaded jewelry:

Hand-beaded jewelry set by KHandsJewelry, Etsy

That’s a LOT of snail snot to create a

tiny bit of dye.

Fish:

Cichlid; photo credit: Amy Downs, Pinterest

Ballerina:

Uploaded by Teresa Souza, Pinterest; no other credit given

Posted by Wendra Nolan, Twitter

Automobiles:

LucyLovesYa Blog; Flickr

Fungi:

amethyst Deceiver mushrooms, JustMandy, Twitter

PURPLE was exotic & rare;

Initially worn only by 

Japanese emperors, 

Roman magistrates,

Byzantine kings

and

Roman Catholic bishops.

Handbags:

PandaHall.com

Garden Kaleidoscope:

By inkspired

Cake:

50 shades of cake; Allrecipes Dish

The color purple has been found 

in Pech Merle (France) cave art,

dated back to 16,000 - 25,000 BC.

Clothing:

Vintage clothing by 1st Dibs; overstock.com

Octopus:

Octopus, article from Steemit, 12/11/2017

I think that’s all for today!

‘Til next time,

inkspired

I gathered information from several sites.

Here are a couple of them:

en.Wikipedia.org

Artsandcollections.com

Pinterest.com