query: who is celia writing to in the novel the color purple

pos: The Color Purple Frequently Challenged Books of 2000–2009 at number seventeen because of the sometimes explicit content, particularly in terms of violence. In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novels." Celie is a poor, uneducated 14-year-old girl living in the American South in the early 1900s. She writes letters to God because her father, Alphonso, beats and rapes her constantly. Alphonso has already impregnated Celie once, a pregnancy that resulted in the birth of a boy she named Adam, but Alphonso took the baby away shortly after his birth. Celie then has a

pos: African-American literature and her classic novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God" back to the attention of the literary world. In 1982, Walker won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for her novel "The Color Purple". An epistolary novel (a book written in the form of letters), "The Color Purple" tells the story of Celie, a young woman who is sexually abused by her stepfather and then is forced to marry a man who physically abuses her. The novel was later made into a film by Steven Spielberg. The 1970s also saw African-American books topping the bestseller lists. Among the

pos: The Color Purple (musical) with Celie's children right behind them all grown up. After learning that Mister and Shug have made the reunion possible, Celie thanks them and God for reuniting her with her sister ("The Color Purple [Reprise]"). †Not included on the 2015 Revival Cast Recording The Color Purple (musical) The Color Purple is a musical with a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray. Based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and its 1985 film adaptation, the show follows the journey of Celie, an African-American woman in the

pos: Purple Julius Pollux, a Greek grammarian who lived in the second century AD, attributed the discovery of purple to the Phoenician god and guardian of the cty of Tyre, Heracles. According to his account, while walking along the shore with the nymph Tyrus, the god's dog bit into a murex shell, causing his mouth to turn purple. The nymph subsequently requested that Heracles create a garment for her of that same color, with Heracles obliging her demands giving birth to Tyrian purple. In the West, purple or violet is the color most associated with piety and religious faith. In AD 1464,

neg: Evelyn Tooley Hunt Evelyn Tooley Hunt Evelyn Tooley Hunt (1904–1997), also known as Tao-Li, was a poet who was famous for writing the poem "Taught Me Purple" which inspired the novel "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker. She also was one of the first Americans to use the Haiku poem style. This is an example of the poem: My mother taught me purple Although she never wore it. Wash-gray was her circle, The tenement her orbit. My mother taught me golden And held me up to see it, Above the broken molding, Beyond the filthy street. My mother reached for beauty And for

neg: Evelyn Tooley Hunt its lack she died, Who knew so much of duty She could not teach me pride. She was born in Hamburg, New York and graduated from William Smith College. In 1961, she came out with her first poetry collection, "Look Again, Adam" that received the Sidney Lanier Memorial Award of 1963. Evelyn Tooley Hunt Evelyn Tooley Hunt (1904–1997), also known as Tao-Li, was a poet who was famous for writing the poem "Taught Me Purple" which inspired the novel "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker. She also was one of the first Americans to use the Haiku poem style. This

neg: The Color Purple Radio Academy Awards Silver Drama Award. As part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), the author declined publication of the book in Israel in 2012. Walker, an ardent pro-Palestinian activist, said in a letter to Yediot Books that Israel practices "apartheid" and must change its policies before her works can be published there. This decision was criticized by Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz, who argued that Walker "resorted to bigotry and censorship against Hebrew-speaking readers of her writings". The Color Purple The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer

neg: Feeling Sorry for Celia her house with Celia and Christina and Maddie (Christina's cousin), and also takes the opportunity to invite the Anonymous Boy who had been writing her letters. Ricky comes to the party as well as, unbeknown to any of them, Ricky is dating Maddie. They all have a good time at the party, but it culminates in Celia, Saxon, Maddie and Ricky, going missing. Eventually they are discovered. They had decided that they wanted to go to New York and get away from everything but are prevented from doing so by their parents. The novel ends with Elizabeth much happier with

neg: The Color Purple The Color Purple The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name. Taking place mostly in rural Georgia, the story focuses on the life of African-American women in the Southern United States in the 1930s, addressing numerous issues including their exceedingly low position in American social culture. The novel has been the frequent target of censors and appears on the American Library Association list of the 100 Most

neg: Brian Keith Jackson began writing novels in order to "cut out the middle man" and have direct impact and trust with his audience. Inspired by Jackson's great-grandmother's rural Southern experience, he wrote his first novel in 1997, at age 29, "The View From Here" (1997), which was set in 1950s Mississippi. It was compared to Alice Walker's The Color Purple and translated to French and a best seller in South Africa. "Walking Through Mirrors" (1998), Jackson's second novel, is about a Black photographer returning to his home in Louisiana from New York. Jackson wrote his "The Queen of Harlem", before the Harlem's redevelopment

neg: The Color Purple (film) the film over-sentimental, writing, "there are some great scenes and great performances in "The Color Purple", but it is not a great film. Steven Spielberg's turn at 'serious' film-making is marred in more than one place by overblown production that threatens to drown in its own emotions." In addition, some critics alleged that the movie stereotyped black people in general and black men in particular, pointing to the fact that Spielberg, a Jew, had directed a predominantly African American story. Filmmaker Oliver Stone defended "The Color Purple" as "an excellent movie, and it was an attempt to deal with an

neg: The Color Purple (musical) The Color Purple (musical) The Color Purple is a musical with a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray. Based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker and its 1985 film adaptation, the show follows the journey of Celie, an African-American woman in the American South from the early to mid-20th century. The original Broadway production ran from 2005 to 2008, earning eleven Tony Award nominations in 2006. An enthusiastically acclaimed Broadway revival opened in late 2015 and ran through early 2017, winning two 2016 Tony Awards—including

neg: Purple Rhapsody in one continuous movement. Tower described the origins of the title in the score program notes, writing, "The sound of the viola has always reminded me of the color purple-a deep kind of luscious purple." This mental association was also reflected in her work "Wild Purple", her first solo viola composition for Paul Neubauer. When writing for the viola, Tower says she tries to make the instrument "sing", making optimal use of the instruments melodic characteristics, something that is often difficult to achieve. "[It] is not an easy task since the viola is one of the tougher instruments to pit

neg: The Color Purple (film) the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 38th awards ceremony. Spielberg received his first Directors Guild of America Award at the 38th awards ceremony for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures. He became the first director to win the award without even being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. The Color Purple (film) The Color Purple is a 1985 American coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg with a screenplay by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It was Spielberg's eighth film

neg: Indigenous literatures in Canada in 2018, with winners including poet Billy-Ray Belcourt, novelist J. D. Kurtness and young adult novelist Aviaq Johnston. Lee Maracle won a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in her work in promoting writing in Aboriginal Youth. Maracle tells a story about a girl named Celia, her family, and village. Celia first appeared in Maracles’ novel "Ravensong". This story is about Celia when she is an adult. The book tells a story about the horrifying impacts from residential schools, suicide, and the loss of tradition. In 2000, "The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North", written by Sheldon Oberman and illustrated

neg: The Purple Cloud to die. He concludes his writing by saying that he has accepted his role and that after three weeks have passed no purple cloud has appeared, and he looks forward to the two of them becoming the progenitors of future humanity. The Purple Cloud The Purple Cloud is a "last man" novel by the British writer M. P. Shiel. It was published in 1901. H. G. Wells lauded "The Purple Cloud" as "brilliant" and H. P. Lovecraft later praised the novel as exemplary weird fiction, "delivered with a skill and artistry falling little short of actual majesty." The novel formed

neg: Celia, lo que dice Celia, lo que dice Celia, lo que dice (""What Celia Says"" or literally, ""Celia, What She Says"") is the first in the series of children's novels by Spanish author Elena Fortún. The novel is a collection of short stories first published in magazines in 1929. The stories, which were written from the perspective of a seven-year-old girl named Celia Gálvez de Montalbán, narrated the life of the protagonist living in Madrid with her family. Celia, who was an extremely popular character from her first appearance through the 1960s, was characterized as a girl who often questioned the world around her

neg: The Color Purple after Celie realizes that she is content in her life without Shug, Shug returns, having ended things with Germaine. The end of the novel has Nettie, Samuel, Olivia, Adam, and Tashi arriving at Celie's house. Nettie and Celie embrace, having not seen each other for over 30 years. They introduce one another to their respective families as the novel ends. "The Color Purple" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983, making Walker the first black woman to win the prize. Walker also won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1983. Mel Watkins of the "New York Times Book

neg: The Color Purple (film) The Color Purple (film) The Color Purple is a 1985 American coming-of-age period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg with a screenplay by Menno Meyjes, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker. It was Spielberg's eighth film as a director, and was a change from the summer blockbusters for which he had become famous. The film was also the first feature-length film directed by Spielberg for which John Williams did not compose the music. The film stars Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Desreta Jackson, Margaret Avery, Oprah Winfrey (in her film debut), Rae Dawn

neg: Celia en el mundo the series. Celia en el mundo Celia en el mundo (""Celia in the world"" or ""Celia out in the world"") is the fourth installment in the series of "Celia" novels by Spanish children's author, Elena Fortún. Originally published in the year 1934, the novel continues the adventures of Celia in a series now considered classics of Spanish children's literature. In the fourth novel, Celia is taken away by her uncle from the convent where she had resided in "Celia en el colegio" (1932), and is brought to live with him and his servants, Basílides and Maimón. Celia spends quite a

neg: Celia en el mundo Celia en el mundo Celia en el mundo (""Celia in the world"" or ""Celia out in the world"") is the fourth installment in the series of "Celia" novels by Spanish children's author, Elena Fortún. Originally published in the year 1934, the novel continues the adventures of Celia in a series now considered classics of Spanish children's literature. In the fourth novel, Celia is taken away by her uncle from the convent where she had resided in "Celia en el colegio" (1932), and is brought to live with him and his servants, Basílides and Maimón. Celia spends quite a lot of

neg: Whoopi Goldberg eye of director Steven Spielberg, who cast her in the lead role of "The Color Purple", based on the novel by Alice Walker. "The Color Purple" was released in late 1985 and was a critical and commercial success. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including a nomination for Goldberg as Best Actress. Goldberg starred in Penny Marshall's directorial debut "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1986) and began a relationship with David Claessen, a director of photography on the set; the couple married later that year. The film was a modest success, and during the next two years, three additional motion pictures

neg: Wideacre handily seduces Harry to gain control of him, and befriends the sweet and innocent Celia. Harry marries Celia with the blessing of Beatrice, who accompanies them on their honeymoon to France. Beatrice discovers she is pregnant with Harry's child, lying to Celia that the child is the product of a rape. Celia decides to pass the child off as her own, sending Harry back to England and later writing to him with the "good news". Beatrice gives birth to a girl, whom Celia names Julia. Despite a newly assertive Celia taking her place as Harry's wife and Lady of Wideacre,

neg: Red-violet equal parts of magenta and red is called rose. In the use by artists, red-violet is equivalent to purple, however, although the color "purple" is inaccurately used by many people as a synonym for violet or a color close to violet, professional artists who use the RYB color wheel generally use the term "purple" to specifically refer to a pigment color that is equivalent to red-violet (i.e., the tertiary color between violet and red on the RYB color wheel) in order to give themselves a larger and more balanced palette of pigments to work with. The Munsell color system also

neg: Hart County, Georgia Hart County, Georgia Hart County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,213. The county seat is Hartwell. Hart County was created December 7, 1853 and named for Nancy Hart. Of Georgia's 159 counties, Hart County is the only one named after a woman. Lake Hartwell is also named for her. Letters to Miss Celie in the movie "The Color Purple (film)" by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, are addressed to "Hartwell County, Georgia" suggesting that the movie is set either in

neg: Shades of purple status of Durham as a County Palatine. Dark purple is the dark tone of purple. The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color sample of Dark purple (color sample #225). If the visible spectrum is wrapped to form a color wheel, purple appears midway between magenta and violet: Shades of purple There are numerous variations of the color purple, a sampling of which are shown below. In common English usage, "purple" is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue. In color theory, "purple" colors are any colors on the line of purples

neg: Hart County, Georgia including 30.4% of those under age 18 and 13.4% of those age 65 or over. Hart County, Georgia Hart County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 25,213. The county seat is Hartwell. Hart County was created December 7, 1853 and named for Nancy Hart. Of Georgia's 159 counties, Hart County is the only one named after a woman. Lake Hartwell is also named for her. Letters to Miss Celie in the movie "The Color Purple (film)" by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel "The Color Purple" by Alice

neg: Murasaki would be to pick and soon to make mine that little wild plant sprung up from the very root shared by the "murasaki"." Genji, in his poem, names the "murasaki" or purple gromwell, because its color resembles the color of the wisteria (in Japanese, "fuji") thereby obliquely referring to Fujitsubo, "the Lady of the Wisteria Court", a woman he is violently in love with for the first part of the novel. This lady Fujitsubo is little Murasaki's aunt. Thus, in a word association game very characteristic of Japanese poetry, the similarity between two colors - the deep purple of the

neg: Shades of purple and electric magenta. Thus, electric purple is the purest and brightest purple that it is possible to display on a computer screen. Its RGB code is (191, 0, 255). An old name for this color, used by Robert Ridgway in his 1912 book on color nomenclature, "Color Standards and Color Nomenclature", is true purple. This purple used in HTML and CSS actually is deeper and has a more reddish hue (#800080) than the X11 color purple shown below as "purple" (X11 color) (#A020F0), which is bluer and brighter. This color may be called HTML/CSS purple. It seems likely that this

neg: Color (manga) Color (manga) Courtney Kraft, writing for Graphic Novel Reporter, felt "Color" was a "rather endearing piece about two boys who develop genuine love that leads to physical attraction", which she felt was the opposite to how relationships are usually depicted in yaoi. Holly Ellingwood, writing for Active Anime, enjoyed the parallels between the two characters' meeting and friendship, and the artists' meeting and friendship. Danielle Leigh, writing for Comic Book Resources, noted that the characters' relationship was "based on equal parts affection, respect and interests", which she felt was lacking in other yaoi. Connie C., writing for Pop Culture Shock,

neg: Green Darkness Green Darkness Green Darkness is a 1972 novel by Anya Seton. It spent sixth months on "The New York Times" Best Seller list and became her most popular novel, as well as her last completed novel. In the 1960s, young Celia Marsdon is a rich American heiress who, upon her marriage to English aristocrat Richard Marsdon, goes to live at an ancestral manor in Sussex, England. Shortly afterward, strange things begin to occur — Richard begins acting out of character, and Celia starts to have strange fits and visions. Celia's mother, Lily Taylor, has befriended a Hindu guru, Dr. Akananda,

neg: In My Father's Den central Otago for his father's funeral. The appearance of Celia, who has connections with his past, prompts him to stay and he battles his past while discovering the truth about his childhood and the demons that lie within it. In My Father's Den In My Father's Den is a 1972 novel by New Zealand author Maurice Gee. The novel was adapted to film in 2004, written and directed by Brad McGann. The novel follows Paul Prior, an English Teacher in Henderson (called Wadesville in the novel), a suburb of Auckland, after the brutal murder of his student and protégé, Celia

neg: Shades of purple clearly distinguish purple from violet and thus have access to a larger palette of colors. This red-violet color, called artist's purple by artists, is the pigment color that would be on a pigment color color wheel between pigment violet and pigment (process) magenta. In the Munsell color system, this color at its maximum chroma of 12 is called Red-Purple, or more specifically Munsell 5RP. Artists' pigments and colored pencils labeled as purple are typically colored the red-violet color shown at right. On an RYB color wheel, red-violet is the color between red and violet. This color, electric purple, is precisely

neg: Shades of purple in English was in 1918. Displayed at right is the color purple pizzazz. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1990. Displayed at right is the color liseran purple. The first recorded use of "liseran purple" as a color name in English was in 1912. The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Liseran Purple (color sample #248) The color mulberry is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of mulberry jam or pie. This was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 2003. The first recorded use of "mulberry"

neg: Shades of purple those colors which are different in HTML and X11. This color can be called X11 purple. The traditional name for this tone of purple is veronica. The first recorded use of "veronica" as a color name in English was in 1919. Displayed at right is the web color medium purple. This color is a medium shade of the bright "X11 purple" shown above. The color defined as purple in the Munsell color system (Munsell 5P) is shown at right. The "Munsell color system" is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions: hue, value (lightness), and chroma

neg: Nymphomation student Jazir Malik. On arriving at her job in a bookshop Daisy habitually gives spare change to homeless 8 year old Celia Hobart who has a 'begging hole' outside. Celia spends time with the adult Eddie Irwell, a fellow homeless person who buys her dominoes on her behalf. "Publishers Weekly" stated that the book would be "joyfully received". Nymphomation Nymphomation is a novel by British author Jeff Noon, first published in 1997. In terms of publishing history "Nymphomation" is the 4th novel in Noon's 'Vurt' series, following publication of "Vurt" (1993), "Pollen" (1995) and "Automated Alice" (1996) (itself simultaneously a

neg: Celia en el colegio the nuns were "traded" around. For example, in the novel, Madre Mercedes is the one responsible for teaching sewing to the girls, while in the series, it was Madre Bibiana who had that task and whom failed at teaching Celia how to sew properly. Another example, in the novel, Madre Consuelo had the ingenious idea of having the girls learn only the answers to the questions they would each be asked in the final examination given by the Madre Superiora, which turned out a complete disaster. In the series however, it was Madre Loreto who had the idea and who

neg: Purple Purple Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a composite color made by combining red and blue. According to surveys in Europe and North America, purple is the color most often associated with rareness, royalty, magic, mystery, and piety. When combined with pink, it is associated with eroticism, femininity, and seduction. Purple was the color worn by Roman magistrates; it became the imperial color worn by the rulers of the Byzantine Empire and

neg: Feeling Sorry for Celia Brookfield. The first companion novel is "Finding Cassie Crazy" ("The Year of Secret Assignments" in the US). The second companion novel is "The Betrayal of Bindy Mackenzie" ("The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie" in the US, "Becoming Bindy Mackenzie" in the UK). "Dreaming of Amelia" ("The Ghosts of Ashbury High" in the US), the third companion novel, was released late 2009 in Australia, and 2010 elsewhere. Feeling Sorry for Celia Feeling Sorry for Celia is a young adult novel by Jaclyn Moriarty. It was first published in 2000 by Pan Macmillan. The story is told in a series of letters. Life

neg: Lavender (color) Lavender (color) Lavender is a light purple. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name. The web color called lavender is displayed at right—it matches the color of the very palest part of the lavender flower; however, the more saturated color shown below as "floral lavender" more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender historically and traditionally considered "lavender" by the average person as opposed to those who are web site designers. The color lavender might be described as a "medium purple"

neg: Black lesbian literature novel, "Say Jesus and Come to Me". Other works began to arrive in the early 1980s which featured black lesbian protagonists like Alice Walker's novel "The Color Purple" and Audre Lorde's autobiobragraphy "." While both novels explored the development of their characters' sexuality, they also examined the characters' experiences as black women in a sexist and white supremacist society. Black lesbian literature Black lesbian literature is a subgenre of Lesbian literature and African American literature that focuses on the experiences of black women who identify as lesbians. The genre features poetry and fiction about black lesbian characters as well as

neg: Lavender (color) "lavender" in a basic purple color chart. The color amethyst is a moderate, transparent violet. Its name is derived from the stone amethyst, a form of quartz. The first recorded use of "amethyst" as a color name in English was in 1572. Though the color of natural amethyst varies from purple to yellow, the amethyst color referred to here is the moderate purple color most commonly associated with amethyst stones. There is disagreement as to the cause of the purple color of the amethyst stone. Some believe that the color is due to the presence of manganese, while others have

neg: Shades of purple color was chosen as the web color purple because its hue is exactly halfway between red and blue and its value is exactly halfway between white and black. A traditional name sometimes used for this tone of purple is patriarch. The first recorded use of "patriarch" as a color name in English was in 1925. At right is displayed the color purple, as defined in the X11 color, which is a lot brighter and bluer than the HTML purple shown above. See the chart Color names that clash between X11 and HTML/CSS in the X11 color names article to see

neg: In My Father's Den (film) his hometown, Paul accepts a temporary English teaching position at his old high school. Paul also forges an unlikely friendship with the 16-year old Celia (Emily Barclay), a teenaged misfit who loves writing and dreams of traveling to Spain. Celia is the daughter of Paul's former girlfriend Jackie (Jodie Rimmer), the town's butcher. Believing Celia to be his daughter, Paul becomes a father figure for the teenager. Resenting the unwanted attentions of her mother's boyfriend Gareth (Antony Starr), Celia seeks solace in Paul's den. Paul and Celia's budding friendship eventually comes under scrutiny from the judgemental Andrew and the envious

neg: Kola nut in the novel showing the significance of the kola nut in pre-colonial 1890s Igbo culture in Nigeria. One of these sayings on kola nut in Things Fall Apart is: "He who brings kola brings life." It also features prominently in Chris Abani's 2004 novel "GraceLand." The kola nut is also mentioned in "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker, although it is spelled "cola". The kola nut is mentioned in Bloc Party's song "Where is Home?" on the album "A Weekend in the City". The lyric, setting a post-funeral scene for the murder of a black boy in London, reads, "After

neg: Purple largely in part to the bisexual pride flag which combines pink – representing homosexuality – and blue – representing heterosexuality – to create the bisexual purple. The purple hand is another symbol sometimes used by the LGBT community during parades and demonstrations. Purple Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a composite color made by combining red and blue. According to surveys in Europe and North America, purple is the color most often

neg: Amaranth (color) right. The color "radical red", which may also be called bright amaranth pink, was formulated by Crayola in 1990. This color is supposed to be fluorescent, but there is no mechanism for displaying fluorescence on a computer screen. The color amaranth purple is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of purple amaranth flowers. The first recorded use of "amaranth purple" as a color name in English was in 1912. Amaranth deep purple is the tone of amaranth that is called "amaranth" in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color". Amaranth (color)

neg: Celia Brayfield Writing Programme. Her own papers included in the edition: "Creative Writing:the FAQ" and "Babelfish Babylon". Journalism – selected articles include: Celia Brayfield Celia Brayfield is an English author, academic and cultural commentator. Celia Brayfield is best known as a novelist. After early success with the international bestseller "Pearls", she focused on contemporary social comedies set in millennial London and its suburbs. In 2005 she joined the staff of Brunel University London to set up the creative writing programme there, becoming Reader in 2006 and Associate Reader in 2015. She is also a Senior Lecturer at Bath Spa University and a

neg: Shades of purple halfway between violet and magenta and thus fits the artistic definition of purple. Using additive colors such as those on computer screens, it is possible to create a much brighter purple than with pigments where the mixing subtracts frequencies from the component primary colors. The equivalent color on a computer to the pigment color red-violet shown above would be this electric purple, i.e. the much brighter purple you can see reproduced on the screen of a computer. This color is pure purple conceived as computer artists conceive it, as the color on the color wheel halfway between color wheel violet

neg: Purple Jesus (novel) fine novel.” Fred Chappell, founding member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, said, “Ron Cooper’s Purple Jesus is a happy handful of a book. With characters as recognizable as they are eccentric, a storyline as inclusive as a revival tent, and a prose style that snaps like garters, it is one nifty read. Anyone who doesn’t enjoy this novel just doesn’t know how to have a good time.” The Washington Post called it "...a literary event of the first magnitude." Purple Jesus (novel) Purple Jesus is a 2010 humorous novel in the Southern Gothic style. It was written by Ron

neg: Fuchsia (color) Hispanophone realm. Although "red-purple" is a seldom-used color name in English, in Spanish it is regarded one of the major tones of purple. The color fuchsia purple is displayed at right. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #18-2436 TPX—Fuchsia Purple. Deep fuchsia is the color that is called "fuchsia" in the List of Crayola crayon colors. Displayed at right is the color fandango. The first recorded use of "fandango" as a color name in English was in 1925. Displayed at right is the color antique fuchsia. The first recorded use of

neg: Hickory Dickory Dock (novel) police raid on her beauty shop. The murderer is Nigel Chapman, who was known to have the morphine in his possession. He killed Celia because she knew about his dual identity and also knew that Valerie travelled abroad on a false passport. He killed Mrs Nicoletis because she was sure to give the smuggling operation away under pressure, and killed Patricia because she was likely to draw his father's attention to the recent events, as she was on the verge of writing a letter to him in the hope of reconciling him with his son before his death. When Poirot

neg: Mother Tucker (Modern Family) finally realizes she has touched him inappropriately and apologizes, unfortunately this happens while Mitchell is in the bathtub. The episode was written by Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh, their second writing credit for the season after "Earthquake". The episode was directed by Michael Spiller who had previously directed seven previous episodes of the season. The episode guest stars Celia Weston as Cameron's mother, Barb Tucker. On September 7, 2010, William Keck of "TV Guide" reported that Celia Weston would play Cameron's mother. Celia stated that her character "is totally accepting of Cameron and Mitchell." Eric Stonestreet, who plays Cameron Tucker,

neg: Purple straight line connecting the extreme spectral colors (red and violet) is known as the line of purples (or 'purple boundary'); it represents one limit of human color perception. The color magenta used in the CMYK printing process is near the center of the line of purples, but most people associate the term "purple" with a somewhat bluer tone, such as is displayed by the color "electric purple" (a color also directly on the line of purples), shown below. Some common confusion exists concerning the color names "purple" and "violet". Purple is a mixture of red and blue light, whereas violet

neg: Jaclyn Moriarty picked up her first book, "Feeling Sorry for Celia", was Australian author Garth Nix. Moriarty was previously married to Canadian writer Colin McAdam, and they have one young son, Charlie. She currently lives in Sydney. The Ashbury/Brookfield Series is four novels that are not sequels but are linked. They all revolve around various students that attend the exclusive private school, Ashbury High, or the local comprehensive, Brookfield High. Many of the students cross over into more than one novel, but each novel is different and tells a different story. All novels are told through the various character's own writing (through

neg: Purple a symbolism was assumed from the earlier Roman association or at least also employed by the ancient Romans. In Europe and America, purple is the color most associated with vanity, extravagance, and individualism. Among the seven major sins, it represents vanity. It is a color which is used to attract attention. Purple is the color most often associated with the artificial and the unconventional. It is the major color that occurs the least frequently in nature, and was the first color to be synthesized. Purple is the color most associated with ambiguity. Like other colors made by combining two primary

neg: Shades of purple paintings. This tone of purple was very popular among hippies and was the favorite color of Jimi Hendrix. Thus it is called psychedelic purple. Psychedelic purple is the color halfway between electric purple and magenta. In the 1980s there was a "Jimi Hendrix Museum" in a Victorian house on the east side of Central Ave. one half block south of Haight Street in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco which was painted this color. Another name for this color is phlox, as it is the color of the phlox flower. The first recorded use of "phlox" as a color name

neg: Purple Jesus (novel) as the Hairy Man. Ron Rash, author of Serena, said, “ Purple Jesus is a novel that deserves a place on the bookshelf between O'Connor's Wise Blood and Crews' The Gospel Singer , but Ron Cooper has his own unique voice, and what a marvelous, darkly comic voice it is.” Jay Parini, author of The Last Station, wrote, “Purvis Driggers, the novel's hero—if that word remotely connects to this bizarre figure on the bottom layer of a world that defies description—stays in the head, and he won't go away. The writing is antic, smart, and often memorable. This is a

neg: Shades of purple such as "Laelia furfuracea" and "Ascocentrum pusillum", which have petals of this color. The first recorded use of "orchid" as a color name in English was in 1915. The color heliotrope is a brilliant tone of purple; it is a pink-purple tint that is a representation of the color of the heliotrope flower. The first recorded use of "heliotrope" as a color name in English was in 1882. The pure essence of purple was approximated in pigment in the late 1960s by mixing fluorescent magenta and fluorescent blue pigments together to make "fluorescent purple" to use in psychedelic black light

neg: George Mills (novel) for its "energetic entertainment" and said that it "sometimes overpowers its more serious intentions". Elkin won the 1982 National Book Critics Circle Award in the fiction category for the novel. The novel was nominated along with "Levitation: Five Fictions" (by Cynthia Ozick), "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant" (by Anne Tyler), " The Color Purple" (by Alice Walker), and "Shiloh and Other Stories" (by Bobbie Ann Mason). Elkin also won the award in 1995 for his novel "Mrs. Ted Bliss". George Mills (novel) George Mills is a 1982 novel by American author Stanley Elkin, published by E. P. Dutton. The novel,

neg: Shades of purple base color. Northwestern Purple is a custom ink color and can no longer be referenced by a Pantone number. For printed material, purple (Pantone #268+) is the official school color of Kansas State University, as shown at the right. Traditionally, the school has referred to this darker and bluer shade as Royal Purple. [compare with ] For the web, #512888 is the official color, even though that hex triplet is not a direct conversion from Pantone 268+. The color pomp and power is displayed at right. The color "pomp and power" is not found in the 1930 first edition of

neg: Fuchsia (color) Wheel, except that violet instead of purple was used as the secondary color on the color wheel between red and blue. The web color fuchsia is equivalent to the pure chroma on Munsell Color Wheel of the Munsell color system that is designated as "5RP" ("reddish purple") i.e., a purple that is shaded toward red (the color we can achieve today with computers is a much more saturated pure color wheel chroma hue than the original color chip shown on the Munsell color wheel diagram in the Munsell color system article). In 1972, a new Crayola crayon color was introduced

neg: Red-violet displayed at the right. "Violet-red", a bright tone of red-violet, has been a Crayola color since 1958. Red-purple is the color that is called "Rojo-Purpura" (the Spanish word for "red-purple") in the "Guía de coloraciones" ("Guide to colorations") by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm. Although "red-purple" is a seldom used color name in English, in Spanish it is regarded one of the major tones of purple. The color blush is displayed at the right. The first recorded use of "blush" as a color name in

neg: Shades of purple Shades of purple There are numerous variations of the color purple, a sampling of which are shown below. In common English usage, "purple" is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue. In color theory, "purple" colors are any colors on the line of purples on the CIE chromaticity diagram (or colors that can be derived from colors on the line of purples), i.e., any color between red and violet, not including either red or violet themselves. The first recorded use of "purple" as a color name in English was in 975 AD. "See also under Purple#In

neg: Lullaby (Slimani novel) was inspired by the real-life 2012 murder of children by their nanny in New York. "Lullaby" was described by Aida Edemariam (writing in "The Guardian") as "stylishly written [...] brilliantly executed". It was compared to "Gone Girl" by both Celia Walden of "The Telegraph", and Lucy Scholes of "The Independent", with the latter describing it as "a psychological thriller that will have readers on the edge of their seats". The novel won the 2016 Prix Goncourt, one of the top French literary awards. Lullaby (Slimani novel) Lullaby (known as The Perfect Nanny in the United States; original French title Chanson

neg: Purple they are between red and blue. In the traditional color wheel long used by painters, purple is usually placed between crimson and violet. In a slightly different variation, on the color wheel, it is placed between magenta and violet. This shade is sometimes called electric purple (See Shades of purple). In the RGB color model, named for the colors red, green, and blue, used to create all the colors on a computer screen or television, the range of purples is created by mixing red and blue light of different intensities on a black screen. The standard HTML color purple is

neg: Shades of purple art and history the section "In prehistory and the ancient world: Tyrian purple" " "Tyrian purple" is the contemporary English name of the color that in Latin is denominated ""purpura"". Other contemporary English names for "purpura" are "imperial purple" and "royal purple". The English name "purple" itself originally denominated the specific color "purpura". "Purpura" is the color of a dye extracted from a mollusk found on the shores of the city of Tyre in ancient Phoenicia (contemporarily in Lebanon), which color in classical antiquity was a symbol of royalty and political authority because only the very wealthy could afford it,

neg: Shades of purple as a color name in English was in 1776. At right is displayed the color pearly purple. "Pearly purple" is one of the colors in the special set of metallic colored Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990. The color purpureus is displayed at right. Another name for this color is purpura. The first recorded use of "purpura" as a color name in English was in 1382. Northwestern Purple is the official color of Northwestern University, as shown at the right. Additionally, there are shades and tints that are variations of the

neg: Celia Brayfield rounds of promotion tours and literary festivals. Audience questions led to a series of lectures which were the foundation for "Bestseller:Secrets of Successful Writing" commissioned by Victoria Barnsleyat the newly launched publisher Fourth Estate. She has since written two more books about writing, "Arts Reviews" and, with co-author Duncan Sprott, "Writing Historical Fiction". Brayfield has judged several national literary awards, including the Betty Trask Award, the Macmillan Silver Pen Award and the Authors Club First Novel prize. She served on the committee of management of The Society of Authors from 1995 to 1998. She has taught at the Arvon Foundation

neg: Color (manga) the characters, which felt unforced to Lillaz, and how acutely and subtlety the emotions are depicted. However she wrote that sometimes the plot felt rushed due to the one-volume space of the work. NiDNiM, writing for Manga-News, felt the story was "well-constructed despite its lightness", and wanted to know more about the characters, expressing frustration over the one-volume space of the manga. Color (manga) Courtney Kraft, writing for Graphic Novel Reporter, felt "Color" was a "rather endearing piece about two boys who develop genuine love that leads to physical attraction", which she felt was the opposite to how relationships are

neg: Byzantium (color) Byzantium (color) The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple (hue rendering), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors. The latter, often also referred to as "Tyrian red", is more reddish in hue, and is in fact often depicted as closer to crimson than purple. The first recorded use of "byzantium" as a color name in English was in 1926. The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Byzantium (color sample #238):. The

neg: International Purple Hijab Day Hijab Day was celebrated on February 13, 2010. The color purple was chosen because the color purple "is associated with mourning." People who promote Purple Hijab Day stress that the day is about symbolism, but that "acting in unity will send a strong message for progress in our communities." The first year's events included workshops in Rhode Island, prayer vigils in Atlanta and a moment of silence. Libya has celebrated by distributing a survey which could be taken anonymously and asked women about domestic violence. The results of the survey were taken to the Libyan prime minister. Some groups, like

neg: Shades of purple Queen Victoria appeared at the Royal Exhibition in a mauve silk gown—dyed with mauveine. By 1890, this color had become so pervasive in fashion that author Thomas Beer used it in the title of his book about the 1890s, "The Mauve Decade". 'Royal purple' (shown above) or the dark violet color known as "generic purple" is the common layman's idea of purple, but professional artists, following Munsell color system (introduced in 1905 and widely accepted by 1930), regard purple as being synonymous with the red-violet color shown at right, represented by the web color medium violet red, in order to

neg: The Tenants (novel) The Tenants (novel) The Tenants is the sixth novel of Bernard Malamud, published in 1971. Malamud began the initial composition of the novel in 1969 and completed it in 1971. Its plot concerns a rivalry between two writers—one of them a Jew and the other an African-American— who are the last two persons remaining in a soon to be condemned apartment building. Before Malamud began writing this novel, he'd already "published two short stories treating relationships between blacks and Jews": "Angel Levine" (1955) and "Black Is My Favorite Color" (1963). And in at least one other story, "The Mourners" (1955),

neg: Celia en el colegio was embarrassed by Celia's explaining of the situation. The same with Celia's classmates; only Elguibia, whom differenced from the others due to her slight case of mental retardation, was given a consistent name. The other girl actresses played Celia's friends from the novel inconsistently and were never given real names, at least they were not mentioned. Celia en el colegio Celia en el colegio (""Celia at the school"" or ""Celia at school"") is the second in the series of "Celia" novels by Elena Fortún, first published in 1932 according to records. The books told the stories of a little girl

neg: The Color Purple male violence, while others found the representation compelling and relatable. Celie is the main character of the novel. She is shown to have experienced abuse at the hands of men for most of her life: she is routinely beaten and raped by her supposed father, with whom she has two children during her adolescence and whom he gives away. He later gives her away to be married to Mister, who is in love with Shug Avery, a blues singer. When Shug comes to recover from an illness in Mister and Celie's home, it leads to an intimate relationship between Celie

neg: Lavender (color) pink lavender is displayed at right. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #14-3207 TPX—Pink Lavender. After the introduction of the Munsell color system, in which purple, described as equivalent to red-violet is described as one of the five psychological primary colors along with red, yellow, green, and blue, some people began to think of lavender as being somewhat more pinkish color. This color can be described as lavender pink or "pale pinkish-purple" when purple is defined as equivalent to "red-violet" as artists do. This tone of lavender, displayed at right, is

neg: Purple upon how it was made. In France, purple is defined as "a dark red, inclined toward violet". The color called purple by the French, "pourpre", contains more red and half the amount of blue of the color called purple in the United States and the U.K. In German, this color is sometimes called "Purpurrot" ("purple-red") to avoid confusion. Purple first appeared in prehistoric art during the Neolithic era. The artists of Pech Merle cave and other Neolithic sites in France used sticks of manganese and hematite powder to draw and paint animals and the outlines of their own hands on

neg: Eggplant (color) shape as a European eggplant, but are colored a dark violet color. Thai eggplants are small, round, and colored forest green. Eggplant (color) Eggplant is a dark purple or brownish-purple color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants. Another name for the color "eggplant" is aubergine (the French, German and British English word for eggplant). The first recorded use of "eggplant" as a color name in English was in 1915. The pinkish-purple-grayish color shown in the color box as "eggplant" was introduced by Crayola in 1998. Different varieties of eggplant may range from indigo to white

neg: Navy blue color terminology usage is regarded as a shade of indigo, a color which can be regarded as a tone of purple when using the common English definition of purple, i.e., a color between blue and red. The first recorded use of "purple navy" as a color name in English was in 1926. The source of this color is "Dictionary of Color Names" (1955). The color Persian indigo is displayed at right. Another name for this color (seldom used nowadays) is regimental, because in the 19th century it was commonly used by many nations for navy uniforms. The first recorded use

neg: Strong Medicine (novel) what he sees as the great pool of British talent for new ideas, and at the same time buys up an abandoned French project for an antiemetic for use in pregnancy. Celia and Sam visit England to look at prospective sites for the unit, and there meet a young Cambridge researcher, Martin Peat Smith, who is researching memory loss and dementia, spurred on by the case of his mother, who no longer knows him. Sam offers Martin the job of head of the British unit, which Martin at first refuses but then Celia is able to persuade him with a

neg: Push (novel) Langston Hughes are inspirational for the students. Precious is particularly moved by "The Color Purple". While in the hospital for the birth of her second child, a boy she names Abdul Jamal Louis Jones, Precious tells a social worker that her first child is living with her grandmother. The confession leads to Precious' mother having her welfare taken away. When Precious returns home with her newborn baby, her mother is enraged and chases her out of the house. Homeless and alone, she first passes a night at the armory, then turns to Ms. Rain who uses all of her resources

neg: Eggplant (color) Eggplant (color) Eggplant is a dark purple or brownish-purple color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants. Another name for the color "eggplant" is aubergine (the French, German and British English word for eggplant). The first recorded use of "eggplant" as a color name in English was in 1915. The pinkish-purple-grayish color shown in the color box as "eggplant" was introduced by Crayola in 1998. Different varieties of eggplant may range from indigo to white (the term "eggplant" originated as a description of white colored eggplants because they look like eggs). Chinese eggplants are the same

neg: No Place Like Home (novel) few of the older residents of the town are murdered and some of the evidence leads to Celia being suspected. Celia finds her own life in danger, as the pursuit of the murderer's identity picks up pace. Msnbc.com described the novel as a "suspenseful murder mystery". New York Times writer, Marilyn Stasio, said that the novel "taps into the tensions that go along with the joys of moving into a new home". No Place Like Home (novel) No Place Like Home is a thriller novel written by Mary Higgins Clark and published in 2005. The story starts with 10-year-old Liza

neg: Red-violet refers to red-violet as "purple"; in the Munsell color system, this color at the maximum chroma of 12 is called "Red-Purple". This convention is for chromatic purposes, since Red-Purple lies between violet and printer's magenta (the color regarded as magenta before the invention of the color electric magenta for computer displays). Red-violet is part of the red "analogous color group", which also includes magenta, red, red-orange, orange, gold, and yellow, i.e. those colors classified as "Warm colors", or colors that produces a feeling of warmth (as opposed to "cool colors"). The color that is the complement of red-violet, mint green,

neg: Shades of purple (color purity), spaced uniformly in three dimensions in the elongated oval at an angle shaped Munsell color solid according to the logarithmic scale which governs human perception. In order for all the colors to be spaced uniformly, it was found necessary to use a color wheel with five primary colors—red, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The Munsell colors displayed are only approximate as they have been adjusted to fit into the sRGB gamut. Pale purple is the pale tint of purple. Mauve (rhymes with "grove"; from the French form of "Malva" "mallow") is a pale purple. Mauve is named after

neg: Celia en el colegio was adapted as part of Televisión Española's 1992 TV-series directed by José Luis Borau, "Celia". The series was a faithful adaptation of many events from the book and it often relied on very similar, if not exact, dialogue. The adapting of "Celia en el colegio" spanned three episodes: IV. "En el colegio", V. "Ni santa, ni mártir" and VI. "¡Hasta la vista!". Many scenes were removed and absent from the series; one example of this is a part in the novel involving Celia being punished to spend some time up in Madre Florinda's chamber, when Celia, believing the nun to

neg: Trillium foetidissimum long and are dark maroon in color while stamens are and are both erect and prominent. Anthlers are straight, long, and are blackish-maroon in color. The species also have erect and ovate ovary which is long and is reddish-purple in color. Stigma is also erect and dark purple in color but is subulate and fleshy unlike the ovary. The flower is sessile, of a maroon color fading to brown with narrow lanceolate petals. It emits a smell of rotting meat to attract insect pollinators, hence the name. Its leaves are strongly mottled. The flower turns to a purple-brown berry in

neg: Han purple and Han blue actually a dark blue, that is close to electric indigo. It is a purple in the way the term is used in colloquial English, i.e., it is a color between red and blue. It is not, however, a purple in the way the term is used in color theory, i.e. a nonspectral color between red and violet on the 'line of purples' on the CIE chromaticity diagram. Perhaps the most accurate designation for the color would be to call it 'Han indigo', although it could also be regarded as a bright shade of ultramarine (classifying ultramarine as a color and

neg: Riders of the Purple Sage (1918 film) Riders of the Purple Sage (1918 film) Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1918 American silent western film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring William Farnum, Mary Mersch, and William Scott. Based on the 1912 novel "Riders of the Purple Sage" by Zane Grey, the film is about a former Texas Ranger who goes after a group of Mormons who have abducted his married sister. This Frank Lloyd silent film was the first of five film adaptations of the novel. Former Texas Ranger Lassiter (William Farnum) leaves Texas and travels to Arizona sage country pursuing a group of Mormons

neg: Celia Logan and writing for American magazines. On December 21, 1872, she married James H. Connelly (1840-1903), a journalist, writer, and Theosophist. Moving to San Francisco, James became the editor of the "Morning Chronicle" while Celia became a correspondent for the "New York Graphic" and continued to write. While in San Francisco, Celia wrote her first plays ("Rose" and "The Old Trick"), which were produced with success in San Francisco and elsewhere. Returning to New York, she became an assistant editor at "Belford's Magazine", a project of Abram S. Piatt and his brother Donn, who had earlier employed her at the "Capital"

neg: The Color Purple (film) She goes above and beyond in nursing Shug back to health, and Shug in turn takes a liking to her, writing and performing a song about her at Harpo's newly-opened bar. Obsessed with Shug, Celie follows her around and learns she is in ill standing with the reverend, who is angry about Shug’s wild lifestyle. Celie decides to follow Shug to Memphis, but gets caught by Albert while she’s frantically packing her things. Sofia is imprisoned and separated from her children after being instigated into a violent confrontation that results in a riot. Years pass, and she is released from

neg: Navy blue 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm. "Indigo dye" is the basis for all the historical navy blue colors, since in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century, almost all navy uniforms were made by dyeing them with various shades of indigo dye. Displayed at the right is the color Peacoat, a dark shade of navy blue. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Cotton eXtended (TCX)" color list, color #19-3920 TCX—Peacoat. At right is displayed the color purple navy. Purple navy is a color that has been used by some navies. "Purple navy" in this

neg: Complementary colors by many artists today, the primary colors were considered to be red, yellow, and blue, and the primary–secondary complementary pairs are red–green, blue-orange, and yellow–purple. In the traditional representation, a complementary color pair is made up of a primary color (yellow, blue or red) and a secondary color (green, purple or orange). For example, yellow is a primary color, and painters can make purple by mixing of red and blue; so when yellow and purple paint are mixed, all three primary colors are present. Since paints work by absorbing light, having all three primaries together results in a black or

neg: Highlighter Carter's Ink Company in 1975. Schwan-Stabilo has been producing felt tip writing devices since 1971. It is hailed as the European product leader of manufacturing highlighters. In 2003, the company changed its name to Stabilo International. Many highlighters come in bright, often fluorescent and vibrant colors. Being fluorescent, highlighter ink glows under black light. The most common color for highlighters is yellow, but they are also found in orange, red, pink, purple, blue, and green varieties. Some yellow highlighters may look greenish in colour to the naked eye. Yellow is the preferred color to use when making a photocopy as

neg: Monster (Myers novel) drugs in school and on the streets. When trying to defend himself against the ridicule, many labeled him a “Monster" much like how Steve Harmon was labeled a "Monster." Later, while working as a construction worker, Myers decided to follow advice given to him by his high school writing teacher and began writing at night after work, just as the character Steve Harmon writes throughout the novel. Myers' novel is also one of very few young adult novels that features a protagonist of color. The cover artist for the novel is Myers' son, Christopher Myers. "Monster" has been adapted into

neg: Unfinished Portrait (novel) to Paris to study music. She becomes a very fine pianist and a good singer, but her temperament handicaps her and prevents her doing herself justice in public. Her mother takes her to Egypt for a winter season, where her beauty and good dancing make her a success with men in spite of her shyness. Celia attracts many admirers, including Major De Burgh, a sensualist who writes her wonderful love letters but is less pleasing in the flesh; Jim Grant, an intensely practical youth, to whom Celia becomes engaged, but who frankly bores her; and Peter Maitland, easy-going, lovable and

neg: Strong Medicine (novel) usually fatal infection, that she acquired on a cheap holiday in Mexico. Celia happens to know that her company is researching a drug that would combat the woman's symptoms, and manages to get through the protocols to find some, and as a last desperate measure, the drug is administered and the woman's life is saved. The next morning, she and Andrew Jordan become engaged, largely, it appears, on a whim of Celia's. Celia turns out to be someone who knows what she wants and gets it, and we soon learn the story of how she came to be in her

neg: Akosua Busia Whoopi Goldberg) in Steven Spielberg's 1985 "The Color Purple", adapted from Alice Walker's novel of the same title, as Ruth in "Badge of the Assassin" (1985), as Jewel in John Singleton's "Rosewood" (1997), and as Patience in Antoine Fuqua's "Tears of the Sun" (2003). She has also appeared on television in the series "ER". Busia is the author of "The Seasons of Beento Blackbird: A Novel" (Washington Square Press, 1997, ). She was one of three co-writers for the screenplay adaptation of Toni Morrison's 1987 novel "Beloved" for the 1998 film version of the same name directed by Jonathan Demme.

neg: Orchid (color) Orchid (color) Orchid is a bright rich purple color that is a representation of the color of the flower of some members of the plant family orchidaceae. Various tones of "orchid" may range from grayish purple to purplish-pink to strong reddish purple. The first recorded use of "orchid" as a color name in English was in 1915. In 1987, orchid was included as one of the X11 colors. After the invention of the world wide web in 1991, these became known as the X11 web colors. The name originates from the flowers of some species of the vast orchid family

neg: Feeling Sorry for Celia Feeling Sorry for Celia Feeling Sorry for Celia is a young adult novel by Jaclyn Moriarty. It was first published in 2000 by Pan Macmillan. The story is told in a series of letters. Life is pretty complicated for Elizabeth Clarry. Her best friend Celia keeps disappearing, her absent father suddenly reappears, and her communication with her mother consists entirely of wacky notes left on the fridge. On top of everything else, because her English teacher wants to rekindle the "Joy of the Envelope," a Complete and Utter Stranger knows more about Elizabeth than anyone else. But Elizabeth is on