A new study has upended our perception of the colour wheel, revealing that purple is not a "real" colour in the spectral ...

Red is typically seen during Good Friday and feast days for martyrs, reports The Vicksburg Post, and purple is worn during Lent and Advent. The highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church, the pope, ...

why didn’t people just combine blue and red? Illustration by Aurélia Fronty Q: I’ve heard that purple was called the royal color because purple dye used to be scarce. Why didn’t people just ...