Academic Dress
In the French academic dress system, the five traditional fields of study (Arts, Science, Medicine, Law and Divinity) are each symbolized by a distinctive color, which appears in the academic dress of the people who graduated in this field. Purple (usually a hue close to Royal Purple) is the distinctive color for Divinity. It is also worn by high academic officials (University President, Head of Faculty, Rector, etc.) regardless of the field in which they graduated.
Calendars
Purple is associated with Saturday on the Thai solar calendar. Anyone may wear purple on Saturdays and anyone born on a Saturday may adopt purple as their color.
Cultural Associations
In Japan, purple is known as the color of death.
History
Byzantine empresses gave birth in the Purple Chamber of the palace of the Byzantine Emperors. Therefore, being named Porphyrogenitus ("born to the purple") marked a dynastic emperor as opposed to a general who won the throne by his effort.
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.
Music
"Purple Haze" is one of the most popular songs by Jimi Hendrix.
"Start Wearing Purple" is a song by Gogol Bordello.
Parapsychology
People with purple auras are said to have a love of ritual and ceremony
Science fiction
In the Star Trek universe, Klingons have purple blood
Sexuality
Today the color purple is also known as a "pride" color among the gay and BDSM community and the purple hand is an LGBT symbol
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