PURPLE, PEOPLE

A REGAL COLOR, GOOD ENOUGH FOR SQUEAKY, SQUEALING DINOSAURS


Technically speaking, purple is what is known as a secondary color. It is made by mixing two primary colors — red and blue — that sit side by side on the color wheel when only the three primaries (yellow is the third one) occupy it.

A purple chair at a private home near the banks of the Delaware River, photographed by Edward M. Gómez in November 2022
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