Purple

The color purple is the mixture of blue and red. Red is energizing and wild. Blue is soothing and blending. Celie is both blue and red because red represents her love for Shug and her rebelling against her husband. She is also blue because she blends but is a calm person throughout most of the book who just does what she is told. Purple is also the name of the novel because Celie and Shug are talking and Shug says, "God "gets pissed off" if we walk by the color purple without noticing it". Which is telling Celie that there are so many things that God have given us that we don't notice and to live life to the highest. Also Celie shows her "red" color when she says to Mr. ___, "I curse you! Until you do right by me everything you do will fail!" She finally couldn't take it anymore so she put Mr. ___ in his place. Her blue colors show more in the beginning when she is quiet and keeps to herself.