The color purple has long been a symbol of royalty, creativity, and mystery. But according to science, it’s also something else: a figment of our imaginations.

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LiveScience: The sky looks blue because of human physiology as well as atmospheric physics, as explained in a newly published scientific paper.

A new optical-illusion study in the journal Science asks whether a series colorful dots is purple, blue or proof that humans are doomed to a lifetime of sadness and poor decisions.

“Purple, not to be confused with violet, is actually a large range of colors represent by different hues created when red, blue, or violet mix,” the academy explains.

The bisexual flag was created in 1998 by activist Michael Page. The flag has three colors: pink, purple and blue. Here's what they represent.

The sky is blue -- physicists tell us -- because blue light in the Sun's rays bends more than red light. But this extra bending, or scattering, applies just as much to violet light, so it is ...

A Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist found a mistake in a famous model that designers and programmers use to translate color to pixels.

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and indigo are all just as real. But purple? Well, purple is just your brain’s way of resolving confusion. That’s right.

The color of the year for 2018 is a vivid purple, according to Pantone, which gives the title to a new hue every December. Specifically, "PANTONE 18-3838 Ultra Violet" is the chosen hue.