Purple

Purple, the wearing of, the power of, purple passion,
purple haze, purple rain, purple stains of wine, of the lips
from “the Arrakine spice,” purple dreams–passionate
scenes, onions, one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple
people eaters, purple mountains majesties, purple
illusions—tragedies, shades of reds and blues, some of the
darker hues.

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Red, better dead than, red faced, red handed, red neck,
red skin, the hunt for red October, big red, little red –
riding hood, the little caboose, red skies in morning, red
skies at night, what a delight. red eye, express, the red
planet in – red dawn, Red Skelton, Red Buttons, The Red
Power Ranger, and that badge of courage, the mask of the
red death, red hexagonal sign – STOP.

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The blues – 12 bars, blue note, blue meanies, bluish, blue
blood, blue-eyed blond, off in the wild blue yonder, nothin’
but blue skies – from now on…, blue whale, the blue
barbarians, summer time Blues Magoos, Blue Oyster –
Cult, Blue Ridge Mountains, the deep blue sea, Blue Beard
got weird, blue plate special, in cobalt blue, gun blue, and
ice blue too.

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The progeny of red and blue? Purple.

–LE