TUESDAY ART DAY -The color VIOLET

Welcome back for TUESDAY ART DAY.  Today I will be discussing the last color in the Color Wheel.  In Painting and other artistic mediums, we call Purple- VIOLET. I'm not sure why it's called Violet vs Purple.  However, I hope by now you know that a good Teacher is also a good Pupil. :-) (please leave a comment below if you know the answer!!). 

Violet is a combination of the calming

stability of blue and the fierce energy of red. 

Because the color is created by mixing a strong warm color with a strong cool color- the color Violet retains both warm and cool properties. It is also a rarely occurring color in nature and as a result, it's often seen as having sacred meaning. Lavender, orchid, lilac, and violet flowers are considered delicate and precious. The color lavender suggests uniqueness and specialness without the deep mystery of the color purple.
The color purple is often associated with royalty, nobility, luxury, power, and ambition. It represents meanings of wealth, creativity, extravagance, wisdom, dignity, grandeur, devotion, peace, pride, mystery, independence, and magic. 



Throughout history, purple robes were worn by royalty and people of authority or high rank. The United States Military awards the Purple Heart to soldiers wounded in battle. 

The color has a variety of effects on the mind and body, including uplifting spirits, calming the mind and nerves, increasing nurturing tendencies and sensitivity along with encouraging imagination and creativity. 



With regards to spirituality, purple is seen as sacred, evoking your higher self thru passion & activating your third eye.  It helps align oneself with the whole of the universe. 

Gemstones are believed to increase your imagination, remove perceived spiritual obstacles, calm confrontations, and re-energize the learning of new things.
http://www.bourncreative.com/meaning-of-the-color-purple 

Additional words that represent different shades, tints, and values of the color purple: purple, plum, lavender, royal, amethyst, wine, pomegranate, eggplant, mulberry, lilac, thistle, orchid and mauve.