Sorry, but purple is the worst color

https://www.fastcompany.com/91247888/why-purple-sucks by Mike Schnaidt

Mike has some definite views on how to use colors. Some sound bites:

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heinous hues: plum, lilac, orchid, lavender, violet, mauve

it’s a confused color, unsure of what it’s trying to say

the excitement of red, but the calmingness of blue

purple mumbles with indecision

purple is the color of pop-culture psychopaths : Joker, Willy Wonka, Thanos, Barney. Ursula, Grimace. Hallmark.

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Yet just a couple years ago Pantone had declared [Purple is the Color Of The Year 2022]

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While many guys might be tempted by a tall purple orc, just as many ladies will work to keep her man :}

These drifted up in old playlists of archived shows from KFJC

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Walkin' My Baby : Sue Thompson

Walkin' my baby Walkin' my baby Walkin' my baby Walkin' him back home at the party the girls were so flirtified they never seem to be satisfied with the boy of their own they better leave my man alone I'm taking no chances I'm walkin' him home

I know that he would never go I know that he would tell them no but I'm taking no chances I'm

What does Pantone know? And when did they start knowing it?

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/pantone-color-of-the-year-very-peri-2022/index.html

Yeah, they insist #17-3938 is "Very Peri - a dynamic periwinkle blue hue with a vivifying violet-red undertone", it is not "purple".

And "Suggestive of personal inventiveness and daring imagination, PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri makes a novel statement for eyes, nails and especially in hair in a variety of finishes and applications from glittery and glam to dusty matte".

Sure looks like purple to me. Is there a collaborator in Pantone headquarters trying to b