Shades of purple

There are numerous variations of the color purple, a sampling of which are shown below.

In common English usage, purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue.

In color theory, purple colors are any colors on the line of purples on the CIE chromaticity diagram (or colors that can be derived from colors on the line of purples), i.e., any color between red and violet, not including either red or violet themselves.

The first recorded use of purple as a color name in English was in 975.

Historical development of purple

Tyrian purple: Classical antiquity

See also under Purple#In art and history the section "In prehistory and the ancient world: Tyrian purple"

The actual color of Tyrian purple, the original color purple from which the name purple is derived, is the color of a dye extracted from a mollusk found on the shores of the city of Tyre in ancient Phoenicia (present day Lebanon) that in classical antiquity became a symbol of royalty because only the very wealthy could afford it. Therefore, Tyrian purple was also called imperial purple.

Shades of Purple

Shades of Purple is the debut album from Norwegian pop duo, M2M. It was released in 2000 and reached No. 7 in Norway, No. 89 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on Top Heatseekers chart. Over 1.5 million copies of the album were sold worldwide. It was nominated for best pop album at the 2000 Spellemannprisen awards.

Three singles were released from the album, including Don't Say You Love Me, which had already been released as the lead single of the Pokémon: The First Movie soundtrack.

Production

The album was recorded in London, Sweden and New York, when Raven was 14 and Larsen was 15. Raven and Larsen co-wrote most of the songs on the album; "Girl of Your Dreams" was the first song Raven had ever written. The pair wrote over 30 songs in anticipation of recording; 16 of these were recorded, and 13 made it onto the album. One of the unreleased songs, The Feeling is Gone, was released as a B-side on the European single version of Don't Say You Love Me.

The track "Our Song" uses the chorus of the Bee Gees' hit single "Too Much Heaven" as its own chorus. Raven and Larsen had previously been unaware of "Too Much Heaven"; the chorus was added at the suggestion of their producer. According to M2M, the Bee Gees listened to "Our Song" and liked it.