Scientists have revealed that purple, a popular color often associated with royalty, is fake. A figment of our imaginations.

Purple is a combination of wavelengths from opposite extremes of the spectrum, which technically deosn’t make any sense, but ...

Purple was originally just another lightsaber color, but a recent Star Wars TV show revealed more about what it means for ...

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 ...