Our team had lunch at Purple Cafe today, and I love this little blurb on the back of their menus:
PURPLE
Uplifts
Calms the mind
Encourages creativity
Creates a sense of spirituality
Blend the stability of blue and the energy of red
Symbolises power, nobility, luxury, wisdom, dignity and magic
I love the colour purple! When you think of it in terms of the above it's easy to see why so many others love it too. But while Blue, Grey and even Pink are colours that are now accepted as names, Purple seems just a little too quirky to use on its own yet. Luckily there are plenty of other options for purple inspired names that can be used to still convey the feelings and qualities people associate with purple.
While flowers tend to be the most popular source of purple names, below is a list of some "official" shades of purple to draw some inspiration from. By no means do I suggest these would all be great names (Eggplant? For dinner, yes; a person, no), but you may find some potential winners here.
Amethyst
Byzantium
Cerise
Eggplant
Fandango
Fuchsia
Han
Heliotrope
Indigo
Lavender
Magenta
Mulberry
Orchid
Pansy
Phlox
Pizazz
Plum
Rose
Thistle
Tyrian
Veronica
Violet
Wisteria
What about Aubergine? It was my first thought when you mentioned eggplant, so I was surprised you skipped it.
ReplyDeleteI just found your blog from your post on nameberry -- it's nice to get more international insight since I'm not living in the US either.
You're right, Aubergine would be pretty cool! I had to stop somewhere or this list would have been three times as long, so I restricted it to "official" pantone shades.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're enjoying my blog - thanks for your comments :)