“Purple haze all in my brain ….Purple haze all around …Purple haze
all in my eyes…” by Jimmy Hendrix perfectly describes my current
obsession with this particular color. In my case I literally mean the “color”
and not Hendrix’s mind state. My latest designs are in purple tones, I wear
purple nail polishes and eye make-up. Maybe what I’m drawn to is the way purple
is derived from the mixing of a strong warm and strong cool colors and it has
both warm and cool properties. Maybe it’s the way I derive my own inspiration
from combining soft and strong art element properties. I wish that my
favorite line from “Mean Girls” “and on Wednsday we wear Pink” would have been
“Thursday is the Purple day”. Love SNL’s Celebrity Jeopardy sketch
hosted by Will Ferrel aka Alex Trebek offering “I tell you what,
let's do Colors That End in Urple. For $800. This color ends in "urple”
choices.
The legend has it that Herakles' dog chewed some
snails along the Levantine coast and that caused his mouth stained purple. It
takes about 12,000 of shellfish to produce 1.5 grams of pure dye. King Phoenix
received a purple-dyed robe from Herakles and decreed the rulers of Phoenicia
should wear this color as a royal symbol. Hence Purple becoming the color of
royalty. Purple dye was so expensive that it caused some royal marital spats
as Emperor Aurelian refused to let his wife buy a purpura-dyed silk
garment, as it cost its weight in gold.
Purple flatters any complexion, from light
skin and blonde hair to dark black skin and hair. It’s also an unisex color.
Adding a purple accessory such as scarf, bag or shoes makes any conservative
outfit look instantly sexy and less severe. For a vintage affect experiment by
mixing purples and browns together. In my scarf designs I used purple as the main accent colors combining it with citrine yellows, blues, black and greys.
Green and brown eye color shines when some
shades of purple are blended. My favorite make-up technique as of lately. Also,
purple eye make up creates softer look then strong black and charcoal.
My current eye make-up palette
My nail polish addiction is "What a Broad" by OPI for Sephora
Here are some things that make me appreciate Purple
Salvador Dali's "Chant 15: Dante's Ecstasy"
And here are some things that make me question Purple
1 comment:
Oooh! Love purple! That purple sumo thong is questionable though heheh.
Would love to see some of your purple scarves!!
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