TEXT MARTINA KLARIC
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A SHORT C U LT U R A L H I S TO R Y When the fading yellow rays of the dying sunlight touch the dark deep blues of the night dusk they draw a veil of delicate purple over a world descending into night. Suddenly everything becomes sweettempered gentleness and calm – an almost rapturous tranquillity, an intoxicating state of incredulity in which this world and the world beyond seem to almost touch. It is where dreams start to take shape.
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Beholding purple can leave you overcome with feelings of longing and melancholy. Pop musicians pay tribute to this stylized »Hollywood sky«, invoking its shocking magic. You’d be forgiven for thinking it sounds a little loopy – because it is! It’s the power of colours. The emotional and psychological effects of colour perception are a recognized phenomenon. Certain colours stir certain emotions. So let’s examine what exactly it is that purple does to us.
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