Colour

There are many shades of purple and many shades of violet.

There are also many types of violence.

Were you born in the purple?

Whether you were or not, perhaps you enjoy writing purple prose, or not as the case may be.

How do you usually think about colour?

What do you know about it in psychological terms? 

Perhaps you cannot see colours.  Perhaps you cannot see.

The reporting for Civility Today is reflective of violet and violets, not violence, as you may have noticed.  

Violet flowers are of the viola genus of flowering plants. 

What do you know about non-violent communication?

Do you attempt to express your reporting in a non-violent way, regardless of the purpose of your reports?

Are you sure you consistently avoid using fighting words, even on twitter?

Perhaps you have attempted to improve the prose of journalists, without success.

You may associate the word viola with a musical instrument.  

You may reasonably associate violet as a colour with purple.

What do you know about the psychology of association?

What do you know about the psychology of prejudice?