Green is just plainly a "better" color then purple.

Thank you taking the time to post this. Purple is a general term used in English (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK and USA) for the range of shades of color occurring between red and blue. [3] In additive light combinations it occurs by mixing the primary colors red and blue in varying proportions. In subtractive pigments it can be equal to the primary color magenta or be formed by mixing magenta with the colors red or blue, or by mixing just the latter two, in which case a color of low saturation will result. Low saturation will also be caused by adding a certain quantity of the third primary color (green for light or yellow for pigment). There is a disagreement over exactly which shades can be described as purple, some people preferring more precise terms such as magenta or heliotrope for particular shades. A difference in retinal sensitivity to red and blue light between individuals can cause further disagreement. Historical development The actual color of Tyrian purple, the original color purple from which the name purple is derived, is the color of a dye made from a mollusc that in classical antiquity became a symbol of royalty because only the very wealthy could afford it. Therefore, Tyrian purple was also called imperial purple. Tyrian purple may have been discovered as early as the time of the Minoan civilization. Alexander the Great (when giving imperial audiences as the Emperor of the Macedonian Empire), the emperor of the Seleucid Empire, and the kings of Ptolemaic Egypt all wore Tyrian purple. The imperial robes of Roman emperors were Tyrian purple trimmed in metallic gold thread. The badge of office of a Roman Senator was a stripe of Tyrian purple on their white toga. [12] Tyrian purple was continued in use by the emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire until its final collapse in 1453. Royal purple: Medieval Europe Royal Purple This shade of purple is bluer than the ancient Tyrian purple. In medieval Europe, blue dyes were rare and expensive,[13] so only the most wealthy or the aristocracy could afford to wear them. (The working class wore mainly green and brown. ) Because of this (and also because Tyrian purple had gone out of use in western Europe after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476), Europeans' idea of purple shifted towards this more bluish purple known as royal purple because of its similarity to the royal blue worn by the aristocracy. This was the shade of purple worn by kings in medieval Europe. Electric purple: 2000s This color, electric purple, is precisely halfway between violet and magenta and thus fits the artistic definition of purple. [15] Using additive colors such as those on computer screens, it is possible to create a much brighter purple than with pigments where the mixing subtracts frequencies from the component primary colors. The equivalent color on a computer to the pigment color red-violet shown above would be this electric purple, i. e. the much brighter purple you can see reproduced on the screen of a computer. This color is pure purple conceived as computer artists conceive it, as the pure chroma on the computer screen color wheel halfway between color wheel violet and electric magenta. Thus, electric purple is the purest and brightest purple that it is possible to display on a computer screen. Anti-apartheid movement * The Purple Rain Protest was a protest against apartheid that took place in Cape Town, South Africa on September 2, 1989, in which a police water cannon with purple dye sprayed thousands of demonstrators. This led to the slogan The purple shall govern. Holocaust * The purple triangle was a Nazi concentration camp badge used by the Nazis to identify several un-orthodox non-conformist religious groups known as Bibelforscher, mostly Jehovah's Witnesses. [21] Military * In the US and United Kingdom militaries, purple refers to programs or assignments that are "joint", i. e. , that are not confined to a single service such as the army or navy, but apply to the entire defense establishment. Assignment to one or more joint billets is required for promotion to flag rank (Rear Admiral and higher) in the U. S. Navy. Officers in joint billets are sometimes referred to as "wearing purple" (the phrase is purely metaphorical as there are no purple uniforms in the U. S. armed forces or UK armed forces). * During and before World War II, the Japanese used a code known as PURPLE or the Purple Code. The Allies' military successes in the Pacific theater depended on the fact that the Japanese did not know that Allied cryptographers had broken the code. * The Purple Heart is a US military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the USA to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U. S. military. Music * Deep Purple is a popular rock band. * "Deep Purple" (song) is also the name of a popular song that was the favorite of Babe Ruth. * Purple are a British tribute band to Deep Purple. * The Mulberry Purple is a popular modern rock band. * "Purple People Eater" was one of the biggest rock and roll hits of 1958. [24] * "Purple Haze" is one of the most popular songs by Jimi Hendrix. * "Tha Purple" is a song performed by the duo Pablo and Victor. * Purple is the favorite color of the pop celebrity Prince. His 1984 film and album Purple Rain is one of his best known works. The title track is Prince's signature song and is nearly always played in concert to this day. Prince encourages his fans to wear purple to his concerts. [25] * "Start Wearing Purple" is a song by Gogol Bordello. * Purple Ribbon Records is a hip-hop record label owned by rapper Big Boi of the rap duo Outkast. 2005 saw the release of the mixtape Got Purp? Vol 2 featuring the Purple Ribbon All-Stars and other artists on the label. In this case, purple refers to a particular quality of marijuana. * Purple is a 1994 album by the band Stone Temple Pilots. * Purple is also the name of a track by rap artist Nas. * Purple Music, Inc is a company in Switzerland that produces house music. [26] * The New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco in 1969, and its original lineup included members of the Grateful Dead. * "The Purple Bottle" is a song by Animal Collective. Politics * In Italy, since the global demonstration of 5th December 2009, purple has been used by a large civic movement protesting against Berlusconi's government, accused to be a media-dictatorship heavily connected with Mafia. This color was chosen as an apartitic statement because it doesn't belong to any current Italian political symbol. The movement, operating mainly through the web, thus defines itself Popolo Viola (Purple People). * In British politics, purple is used to represent the United Kingdom Independence Party, a eurosceptic party wanting to pull Britain out of the European Union. * In the politics of the Netherlands, purple ("paars" in Dutch) means a government coalition of right-liberals and socialists (symbolized by blue and red, respectively), as opposed to the more common coalitions of the Christian-democratic center-party with one of the other two. From 1994 to 2002 there have been two purple cabinets. * In United States politics, a purple state is a state equally balanced between Republicans (currently symbolized by red) and Democrats (currently symbolized as blue) :see:red states and blue states. Sexuality * Today the color purple is also known as a "pride" color among the gay and LGBT community. ports * The National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings use purple as their primary color, though the Lakers formerly used the term "Forum Blue", in reference to their old arena The Forum. * The National Hockey League's Los Angeles Kings