“When I am an old woman I shall wear purple…..”

We bought our first house in the 70's purple was the colour and we inherited a bathroom and loo that were two shades of purple. DH said it was like having a bath with a migraine attack. We decided to paint it only to find it was a kind of gloss paint, it took DH and his father nearly a week to get it off eventually with a sander.

I’m reminded of the ghastly Miss Maud Doggett (fellow fans of Barbara Pym’s novels will know who I mean) who always seemed to be wearing a purple wool dress, festooned with gold chains.

I too love purple.
When I was teaching, just about every pupil in my school knew it was my favourite colour.
Everything had to tone, not match from head to toe!

I love purple, especially heliotrope which is identical to the veri peri colour, though I agree that promotion is a load of guff.
I’m also a member of the Red Hat society so I enjoy wearing my purple with a red hat that doesn’t go. Such fun!

NO not purple. I am into 'plum' at the moment- but not lilac or purple.

I have a 'nice' lilac outfit plus a purple hat which have been worn to several weddings all of which are about to be donated to a charity shop. Unless anyone here is interested...

I don’t like purple. A lot of people wear it but I rarely see anyone that I think looks good in it.

I have just been to a funeral purple was the deceased favourite colour so no surprise her coffin was purple .

Oh dear, I’ve just picked up my new glasses. I thought the powers that be wanted us all to go green.

The blurb describes this colour as "joyous" among other things but, for me, it brings to mind those grayish lavender and purple dresses worn by Victorian women as half-mourning.

In 1985 when we moved house, my then 14-year-old son, going through a Prince phase, insisted on having his room painted in purple. None of the paint charts had such a colour at that time, so we got the paint shop to mix it for us and DS duly painted his room. Nowadays, he wouldn't turn a hair (not that he has much) if his son wanted purple decor, but he still is a devotee of the late Prince.

Purple, like black and many shades of green 'kill' me. I have a naturally sallow complexion and these colours make me look as if I am attending my own funeral. They make me look like a corpse!

In 1973 I was welcomed at reception at Admiralty Arch, central London - an iconic building and pretty near the heart of The Establishment. The civil servant who welcomed me asked me what, as a young person, I thought of the purple-painted walls.

He was obviously struggling with a modernisation too far!

Thank you Grandmaseadragon that’s the pure, unadulterated, undyed me

I remember in the seventies in Scotland (and possibly elsewhere). Every other front door was purple.

BigBertha1

Purple is my favourite colour too - its everywhere in this house and in my wardrobe.

Ahead of your time, clearly

Purple is my favourite colour too - its everywhere in this house and in my wardrobe.

I’ve always worn purple.

Ye gods!!

Gosh, and people are paid to come up with this sort of gobbledegook!
I see I have already missed coral in 2019, ultra violet in 18 and greenery in 17. I can do the “gray” 21, as my hair presently resembles a steel-grey Brillo pad with blonde ends! No colour since May. Blossoming saw your lovely colour on another thread, that’s exactly the colour I would love to have, but never shall! It’s beautiful.

Purple is my favourite colour.

Pantone 17 - 3938 Ribena

Well expressed Witzend -a brilliant example of gobbledegook worthy of Private Eye .

Much as I enjoy Landscape and Portrait Artist of the Year I find some of the comments absurd ly pretentious .I often mute it !

Witzend

A candidate for Private Eye’s Pseuds’ Corner?
That was my first thought, anyway!

Absolutely!

Oopsadaisy1 sky blue pink would actually seem to represent the weird times we’re living in quite well!! They could have formulated a mad colour like that?