LiFe In CoLoUr

  Purple

Purple combines the stability of blue and the energy of red. Purple is associated with royalty. It symbolizes power, nobility, luxury, and ambition. It conveys wealth and extravagance. Purple is associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic.

According to surveys, almost 75 percent of pre-adolescent children prefer purple to all other colors. Purple is a very rare color in nature; some people consider it to be artificial.

Light purple is a good choice for a feminine design. You can use bright purple when promoting children's products.

Light purple evokes romantic and nostalgic feelings.

Dark purple evokes gloom and sad feelings. It can cause frustration..

Ross Bridge in Tasmania is cloaked in a mauve sunset. The beautiful sandstone span, built by convicts in 1836, is one of Australia's oldest and is decorated with an impressive array of carvings.

A close-up shows purple crocuses flecked with bright yellow pollen in Washington, D.C.

Glow from the distant Shaybah oil field turns the Saudi Arabian sky purple as a man dances atop a nearby sand dune. 

Purple tints land and sky as night falls over lavender fields at Tasmania's famed Bridestowe Estate.

A lavender-colored nudibranch feeds on hydroids near Vatu-i-Ra, Fiji. 

Two polar bears spar in the snow as a magenta sunset descends over Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. 

This brilliant purple sea star was photographed in the waters off Sulawesi, Indonesia. Though they are commonly called starfish, these animals are not fish at all. They are echinoderms, closely related to sea urchins.

A Joshua tree stands under a purple-black sky in California’s Mojave Desert. Native Americans once wove baskets and sandals from this tree's leaves and ate its buds and seeds.

Lechwe rest as the setting sun casts a purple glow over Botswana's Okavango Delta.

An anemonefish hovers over its purple host near Sulawesi, Indonesia. 

LiFe In CoLoUr

  Green

Green is the color of nature. It symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility. Green has strong emotional correspondence with safety. Dark green is also commonly associated with money.

Green has great healing power. It is the most restful color for the human eye; it can improve vision. Green suggests stability and endurance. Sometimes green denotes lack of experience; for example, a 'greenhorn' is a novice. In heraldry, green indicates growth and hope. Green, as opposed to red, means safety; it is the color of free passage in road traffic.

Use green to indicate safety when advertising drugs and medical products. Green is directly related to nature, so you can use it to promote 'green' products. Dull, darker green is commonly associated with money, the financial world, banking, and Wall Street.

Dark green is associated with ambition, greed, and jealousy.
Yellow-green can indicate sickness, cowardice, discord, and jealousy.
Aqua is associated with emotional healing and protection.
Olive green is the traditional color of peace.

Indian Green Parrot

A rare white alligator swims at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans.

The northern lights, or aurora borealis, produce a brilliant display in the skies near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Two boys share a nighttime bicycle ride down the darkened streets of Hoi An, Vietnam.

Leaf-green pierid alight on the sandy shores of the Tuichi River in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.

A Japanese tea farmer picks leaves in a verdant field in central Japan's mountainous Nara Prefecture.

A green frog sits atop a large lily pad in the waters of Atchafalaya Delta.

In a nocturnal rendezvous, two green tree frogs meet face-to-face atop a leaf in Louisiana's Atchafalaya River Delta.

Lush, green grasses wave to and fro in the wind.

A pool of water at the mouth of Rio Frio Cave reflects the greenery of Belize’s Chiquibul Forest and frames a visitor in silhouette.

A green tree snake peers from its leafy perch in Costa Rica’s Caribbean lowland.