Purple: The Color of Honor
By Ethan J Whitt
When I first decided to start a blog I asked my Aunt Nicole; one of the craziest yet one of the most down to Earth people you could ever meet. So I think I'm going to kick things off the way she said I should, by talking about the color purple.
Have you ever realized how much the color purple seems to catch your attention? When you see it you know you see it; your brain shoots up a red flag saying "Holy cow! that's purple." In eighth grade I had an Art teacher; with whom I battled with almost daily. "Don't do this." , she'd say, and almost as second nature I defied her. Then one day we began discussion about the color wheel, she told my class that it wasn't actually purple; it was violet. This caused an uproar, almost primal in nature. My hand shot up and a twisted grin grew across my face. "So you get purple by mixing red and blue, right?", the class erupted with laughter as she explained again that the name of the color was violet.
I may have given the color-crazed woman a hard time, but what do you expect, I was 14 and wanted the laughs, but looking back on it; it wasn't worth it. The distinction of purple as the royal color dates as far back as the eleventh century. Purple is also a color of courage and valor, as noted by the "Purple Heart", a medal given to only the truly courageous. Such honor is associated with the color, though only a few years ago I acted dishonorably because of it.
This is Ethan Whitt, signing off. Wishing all good fortune
Have you ever realized how much the color purple seems to catch your attention? When you see it you know you see it; your brain shoots up a red flag saying "Holy cow! that's purple." In eighth grade I had an Art teacher; with whom I battled with almost daily. "Don't do this." , she'd say, and almost as second nature I defied her. Then one day we began discussion about the color wheel, she told my class that it wasn't actually purple; it was violet. This caused an uproar, almost primal in nature. My hand shot up and a twisted grin grew across my face. "So you get purple by mixing red and blue, right?", the class erupted with laughter as she explained again that the name of the color was violet.
I may have given the color-crazed woman a hard time, but what do you expect, I was 14 and wanted the laughs, but looking back on it; it wasn't worth it. The distinction of purple as the royal color dates as far back as the eleventh century. Purple is also a color of courage and valor, as noted by the "Purple Heart", a medal given to only the truly courageous. Such honor is associated with the color, though only a few years ago I acted dishonorably because of it.
This is Ethan Whitt, signing off. Wishing all good fortune
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