Healthy Mama Magazine Purple Issue - May 2015 | Page 38

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iss
ue
ev
er
y
in

a little
moment
of

enlightenment

Minoans on the island of Crete are first
to have produced purple dye using the
mucus glands of a tropical sea snail. It
was stinky work!

The date for Purple Day is enshrined in
Canadian Law under the Purple Day Act
that was passed in 2012. Purple Day was
founded in 2008, by Cassidy Megan,
aged nine, of Nova Scotia, Canada.
The ancient Phoenician
city of Canaan means
“The Land of the Purple”.

Purple is the hardest color
for the eye to discriminate.
Check out this crazy optical
illusion - Lilac Chaser
Focus on the spot in the
middle of the circle. At first
you’ll notice a rogue green
spot then all but spots will
disappear!

Purple plants visually recede in a garden,
helping to make a small space feel larger.
The Archbishop
of Cyprus is
traditionally
allowed to sign
official papers
in purple ink.

Carrots used to
be purple. Orange
ones were bred
by Dutch farmers
in the 16th Century
to honour the royal
House of Orange.
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