Has Prince ever discussed why he chose Purple? Has any reporter ever asked him? I have read/seen many interviews and no one ever asked him this question. It is like Purple and Prince were a given.

Purple is a majestic color and he was royalty

GeniusLuv said:

Purple is a majestic color and he was royalty

Yes, it is, but I wanted to hear Prince's reasoning behind it. I wanted to hear the back story...if there even was one.

A MF just liked Purple I use to hate it til I found out I look good in it

Not sure if you're serious or not. But just in case you're not...

Purple is the royal color. Prince is his name. Most Prince's come from royalty.

nursev said:

A MF just liked Purple I use to hate it til I found out I look good in it

That's because you're a Royal Nurse.

purplethunder3121 said:

nursev said:

A MF just liked Purple I use to hate it til I found out I look good in it

That's because you're a Royal Nurse.

setyrmindphree said:

I read in an article that it traces back to his grade school years back in the early 60's. There was a popular game at the time called "color the chicken", and kids would close their eyes and randomly pick a color from a crayon box. He chose purple and really liked it. It stuck with him the rest of his life.

If your name was Prince, wouldn't you pick the royal color, too.

nursev said:

purplethunder3121 said:

That's because you're a Royal Nurse.

purplethunder3121 said:

nursev said:

love it

setyrmindphree said:

I read in an article that it traces back to his grade school years back in the early 60's. There was a popular game at the time called "color the chicken", and kids would close their eyes and randomly pick a color from a crayon box. He chose purple and really liked it. It stuck with him the rest of his life.

adorable

surelyafan said:

purplethunder3121 said:

sonshine said:

The Minnesota Vikings football team color is purple and he always loved and supported the local professional sports teams - specifically football and basketball (both the male and female pro teams).

Read that somewhere the Minnesota Vikings was the seed....going back before he splased the Vikings were known as " The Purple People Eaters" or something like that.

Angelsoncrack said:

I always perceived hin using it because of a few reasons. One for its royalty connections, another due to him just liking it and three because it's a spiritual colour. Lots of heavy connections with spirituality lie within purple. Just look at a chart of the chakras and you'll see that the third eye and crown chakras are purple and lavender respectively.

1. One for its royalty connections, (goes with purplethunder:"If your name was Prince, wouldn't you pick the royal color, too")

2. Another due to him just liking it

3. and three because it's a spiritual colour ( goes with angelsoncrack: "Lots of heavy connections with spirituality lie")

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4. Minnesota Vikings color is purple

5. setyrmindphree said,

surelyafan said:

Has Prince ever discussed why he chose Purple? Has any reporter ever asked him? I have read/seen many interviews and no one ever asked him this question. It is like Purple and Prince were a given.

'cause Purple Music does the same to the brain as reefer and cocaine.

I just wondered the same question two days ago and came up that Purple Music might be one of the oldest Prince references to purple? Wasn't that song from Controversy area?

Of course Prince also referenced 'purple' back in 1982 in the song 1999 - two years before his purple reign blew up in '84.

He said this about Purple Rain sometime in the 80's...

Fans have been trying to work out the meaning of "purple rain" for decades now. Some believe it’s about the end of the world, a theme Prince was interested in mid-80s. This quote from His Royal Badness suggests the apocalypse wasn’t far from his mind:

Prince: "When there’s blood in the sky - red and blue = purple.. purple rain pertains to the end of the world and being with the one you love and letting your faith/god guide you through the purple rain..."

A very Princey answer... haha

Found here: http://www.nme.com/blogs/...ERScuxX.99

[Edited 6/14/16 6:26am]

[Edited 6/14/16 6:27am]

I agree with most of the points so far on this, but felt the need to add that he must have dug the music and words of Jimi Hendrix's song 'Purple Haze' and that this song may also be a reason for his identifying with purple.

I think mainly he just dug that colour and liked the royal connotations it has had historically.

purplethunder3121 said:

So many different answers from everyone claiming to know the purple origin, lol.

I asked if he was ever directly and answered directly. I guess he did kind of in that quote provided, but as someone mentioned he was using purple before Purple Rain.

Since it is such a signature of his, I am surprised this was not asked by journalists left and right. No one delved into the throught process of where the purple came from. I'm sure we can all guess, but we don't know for sure. Prince was never asked to discet his lyrics or the meaning behind what he did as much as other artist, like say the Beatles. Maybe journalists did ask him but he refused to answer. Who knows. Just another thing that adds to his mystique.

surelyafan said:

So many different answers from everyone claiming to know the purple origin, lol.

I asked if he was ever directly and answered directly. I guess he did kind of in that quote provided, but as someone mentioned he was using purple before Purple Rain.

Since it is such a signature of his, I am surprised this was not asked by journalists left and right. No one delved into the throught process of where the purple came from. I'm sure we can all guess, but we don't know for sure. Prince was never asked to discet his lyrics or the meaning behind what he did as much as other artist, like say the Beatles. Maybe journalists did ask him but he refused to answer. Who knows. Just another thing that adds to his mystique.

Personally, I don't think it's all that complicated even if it's wrong. His name is Prince, purple is a royal color. He was born and raised in Minn. it's the football team color he's been around all his life. The color is connected to every part of who he is/was.
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