Category: Purple in the News

New Purple Octopus?

New Purple Octopus?

I found an article from last year that shares news about a New Purple Octopus! “An unidentified purple octopus (pictured) is one of 11 potentially new species found this month during a deep-sea expedition off Canada’s Atlantic coast, scientists say.” Isn’t he cute? You can […]

How many times is purple is mentioned in the Bible?

How many times is purple is mentioned in the Bible?

My friend, Peg,  has a grape blog that she just redesigned into an incredible place that I’ll share with you on Friday.  It was good before which is why I had featured her here a while back, but now it’s incredible!  As part of the […]

Purple Passionflower: Legend/Medicinal Uses

Purple Passionflower: Legend/Medicinal Uses

According to Merriam Webster, the Passionflower is “any of a genus (Passiflora of the family Passifloraceae, the passionflower family) of chiefly tropical woody tendriled climbing vines or erect herbs with usually showy flowers and pulpy often edible berries”  so named “from the fancied resemblance of […]

UCA Bears is Getting a PURPLE Football Field!

UCA Bears is Getting a PURPLE Football Field!

Not only does their football team’s color include a gorgeous hue of purple, but the University of Central Arkansas is installing a new PURPLE turf for their UCA Bears football team. They are one of a few universities these days that re getting away from […]

Do you know what purple means?!

Do you know what purple means?!

So the other day I was roaming around looking for purple stuff on the internet when I came across Merriam Webster.  I have no idea what made me click on it, as I was pretty sure I knew what the definition of purple was, but […]

How to Grow African Violets

How to Grow African Violets

Welcome to Part 2 of our Purple Mother’s Day Week here at For the Love of Purple.com!  Now that we’ve had our Violet Salad w/Creamy Violet Dressing, I thought we might want to plant some African Violets.  If so, here is a grape article that […]

This website is really purple!

This website is really purple!

And ONLY purple! So I was surfing the web to bring you the latest in purple news, when I happened upon Purple.com.  I expected to find a website that had purple things for sale or a venue for purple lovers to get together and share […]

Violet Eyes No Longer Smiling

Violet Eyes No Longer Smiling

On March 23, 2011, we lost one of the most beautiful actresses of all time, Elizabeth Taylor.  Not only was she a beautiful woman, but she had the most unusual eyes.  They were violet.  Not many people have violet eyes and I’m told her eyes […]

A Purple Blast from the Past

A Purple Blast from the Past

I was scouring the net for purple stories when I came across a headline that piqued my purple curiosity.  It read, “Purple is Fading from Woman’s Skin.”  Fearing it was some sort of trend away from purple makeup, I clicked on it and found a […]

What’s Porphyrophobia?

What’s Porphyrophobia?

Have you ever heard of Porphyrophobia?  It’s the fear of the color purple.  I had never heard of this before until I came across it on Google the other day.  I looked up the word and found a ton of entries describing this.  I also […]