Purple Mountain (Kerry) metres. Purple Mountain (Kerry) Purple Mountain () at high, is the 21st–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 28th–highest according to the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Purple mountain is the highest peak of the Purple Mountain Group, and is located in County Kerry, Ireland. Purple Mountain is composed of sandstone particles of various sizes which are collectively known as "Old Red Sandstone". Old Red Sandstone has a purple-reddish colour, and has virtually no fossils. The colour gave its name to the mountain group. The composition of "Old Red Sandstone" is variable and contains quartz stones, mudstones, siltstones, and sandstone
Purple (管仲) eventually convinced him to relinquish this preference. Purple was regarded as a secondary colour in ancient China. In classical times, secondary colours were not as highly prized as the five primary colours of the Chinese spectrum, and purple was used to allude to impropriety, compared to crimson, which was deemed a primary colour and thus symbolized legitimacy. Nevertheless, by the 6th Century, purple was ranked above crimson. Several changes to the ranks of colours occurred after that time. Purple, unlike violet, is not one of the colors of the visible spectrum. It was not one of the colors of