They are the colors of Victorian drawing rooms, of Craftsman bungalows ... boxes that will easily come indoors later on. The vivid purple foliage of tropical Persian shield is among the most ...

Marcia Pendleton, whose Walk Tall Girl Productions deals in part with drawing more diverse crowds to the theater, said the success of “The Color Purple” in attracting more blacks owes to the ...

Even young viewers of “Harold and the Purple Crayon” may feel they’ve seen versions of most of these effects before. For what made the book special wasn’t just that Harold could draw anything.