Purple across IJR
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Purple is a common term in politics used to describe governments or other political entities consisting of parties that have red and blue as their political colours. It is of particular note in three countries. In the politics of the Netherlands and Belgium, purple is the term for a government coalition of social democrats and liberals, excluding christian democrats. It is derived from the combination of the colour of the social democrats (red) and liberals (blue).
“Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple;”
“And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,”
“And then is it thought to have a most commendable and excellent die, when it is as deepe a red as bloud that is cold and setled, blackish at the first sight, but looke betweene you and the light, it carieth a bright and shining lustre. And hereupon it is, that Homer calleth bloud, Purple.”
“Weave purple for his shrunken hips! and purple for his barren loins!”
“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”
“It's a lovely colour, purple, discretely sandwiched within the colour spectrum between blue and white.”
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