I cast off my Harold and the Purple Crayon socks this week. I purchased the yarn, not so much for the color, but for the book it celebrates. While there’s nothing wrong with purple, and truth be told, I used to love that color, I have grown less enamored with it the older I get. Desert Vista Dyeworks Harold and the Purple Crayon Of course it’s not purple’s fault. Purple’s innocent, a victim of color crime, if you will. See, in my circle of work, people have manipulated and exploited this color to justify behaviors that, in other professional settings, would not be tolerated. For me, purple conjures obstinacy, entitlement, and narcissism. You may wonder what could happen to taint this color. Well about ten years ago, a former colleague introduced me to her passion for purple pigment. Perhaps passion is not strong enough. She worshipped at the altar of purple. She organized her entire life around it....