Editing Purple (section)

=== 20th and 21st centuries ===
At the turn of the century, purple was a favorite color of the Austrian painter [[Gustav Klimt]], who flooded his pictures with sensual purples and violets.

In the 20th century, purple retained its historic connection with royalty; [[George VI]] (1896–1952), wore purple in his official portrait, and it was prominent in every feature of the coronation of [[Elizabeth II]] in 1953, from the invitations to the stage design inside [[Westminster Abbey]]. But at the same time, it was becoming associated with social change; with the [[Women's Suffrage]] movement for the right to vote for women in the early decades of the century, with [[Feminism]] in the 1970s, and with the [[psychedelic drug culture]] of the 1960s.

In the early 20th century, purple, green, and white were the colors of the [[Women's Suffrage]] movement, which fought to win the right to vote for women, finally succeeding with the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|19th Amendment]] to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. Later, in the 1970s, in a tribute to the Suffragettes, it became the color of the [[women's liberation movement]].<ref>Eva Heller, ''Psychologie de la couleur: effets et symboliques'', image 75–76.</ref>

In the concentration camps of [[Nazi Germany]], prisoners who were members of non-conformist religious groups, such as the [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], were required to wear a [[purple triangle]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/knocking/holocaust.html |title=Independent Lens . KNOCKING . Jehovah's Witnesses . The Holocaust &#124; PBS |website=[[PBS]] |access-date=2019-12-08 |archive-date=2019-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530175559/http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/knocking/holocaust.html }}</ref>

During the 1960s and early 1970s, it was also associated with [[counterculture]], [[psychedelics]], and musicians like [[Jimi Hendrix]] with his 1967 song "[[Purple Haze]]", or the English [[psychedelic rock|rock]] band of [[Deep Purple]] which formed in 1968. Later, in the 1980s, it was featured in the song and album ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]'' (1984) by the American musician [[Prince (musician)|Prince]].

The [[Purple Rain Protest]] was a protest against [[apartheid]] that took place in [[Cape Town]], South Africa on 2 September 1989, in which a police [[water cannon]] with purple dye sprayed thousands of demonstrators. This led to the slogan ''The Purple Shall Govern''.

The violet or purple necktie became very popular at the end of the first decade of the 21st century, particularly among political and business leaders. It combined the assertiveness and confidence of a red necktie with the sense of peace and cooperation of a blue necktie, and it went well with the blue business suit worn by most national and corporate leaders.<ref name="ReferenceA">Eva Heller, Psychologie de la couleur: effets et symboliques.</ref>

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File:Gustav Klimt 009.jpg|[[Gustav Klimt]] portrait of woman with a purple hat (1912).
File:Bishop Irenaeus (Ćirić).jpg|Serbian Orthodox bishop in [[mandyas]] (1923).
File:George VI.jpg|[[George VI]] (1895–1952) wore purple in his official portrait.
File:Elizabeth and Philip 1953.jpg|The coronation portrait of [[Elizabeth II]] and [[Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] (1953) has three different shades of purple in the train, curtains and crown.
File:Official Program Woman Suffrage Procession - March 3, 1913.jpg|Program from the [[Woman Suffrage Procession]], a 1913 [[Women's Suffrage]] march.
File:The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis - Votes for women pennant.jpg|A pennant from the [[Women's Suffrage]] movement in the state of [[Indiana]].
File:Donald Trump state visit to Saudi Arabia, 2025-05-13 P20250513MR-0383.jpg|Purple carpets used during [[Donald Trump]] state visit to [[Saudi Arabia]] (2025).
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