Steven Spielberg directed the film "The Color Purple".  It's an
excellent film based on the pulitzer prize winning book by the same
title; A classic piece of African-American feminist literature.  I was
just curious what the title symbolizes, and hoping to find out how the
color purple might connect with any part of the story.

Hello hightechfool,

"Note that the novel's title is alluded to in Letter 12, when Celie
associates the color purple with royalty and longs for a purple dress.
 But the title undoubtedly comes from a passage near the end of the
novel, in which Shug says that she believes that it 'pisses God off if
you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice
it.'"

"The Color Purple by Alice Walker -- About the Novel - A Brief Synopsis"
CliffsNotes
http://education.yahoo.com/homework_help/cliffsnotes/the_color_purple/3.html

For some additional thoughts, see:

Online discussion, "An analysis of the title Color purple itself?"
(April 25, 2004 +)
PinkMonkey
http://barronsbooknotes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=000016

- justaskscott


Search strategy --

Searched on Google for:

"title color purple"
"the color purple in a field"

Excellent answer, and great value for the low listing price  :)