Purple combines blue’s calm stability and red’s passionate energy. Its color is calming in a garden, where it pairs perfectly with yellow and gold flowers. Purple brings royalty, majesty, and bravery to mind, so it is a beautiful color choice for a cremation urn. Select a purple urn to symbolize your loved one’s signature color!
Why Purple Is The Best Color For A Cremation Urn
Purple is an excellent color for a cremation urn. It symbolizes strength, royalty, and the incredible magic of unicorns. Purple is decidedly fun and irreverent while showing impressive power. Part calm blue and part vibrant red, purple stands up for attention. Let’s look at some of the best purple cremation urns available.
What Does The Color Purple Mean?
Purple is associated with wealth and royalty. For example, monarchs have long worn purple as a sign of regal splendor. Since purple dye was hard to create, those who could afford it used it to show wealth.
Since purple mixes red’s energy and blue’s calming forces, purple also represents harmony. Some politicians wear purple to signify unification in today’s taxed political climate. However, it will take more than a clothing color choice to make lasting change, even if the desire for harmony comes from the heart.
Harmony, wealth, and royalty are commonly associated with the color purple. Each makes it a good choice for a cremation urn’s color.
The purple hummingbird cremation urn below captures a bit of nature along with the regal color. A hummingbird hovers gently over a field of iris flowers in a perfect rendition of the balance between life and death. The aluminum urn features detailed painting and engraving in a tribute to your loved one.
Purchase the full-sized urn or bundle it with more miniature keepsake urns so that each member of your family has a small memorial.
You may feel uncertain about buying an urn online, but there is no reason not to find precisely the suitable urn for your loved one. The choices online today and lower pricing make it very easy to find the perfect purple cremation urn.
Amethyst: February Birthstone
February’s birthstone is the light purple color of amethyst. This stone reportedly has anti-alcohol properties, so if you tuck it under your tongue when drinking, you will not get drunk. Unfortunately, I’m not sure I will be trying that anytime soon. But the word comes from the Greek “amethystos,” meaning a remedy against drunkenness.
For those born in February, selecting a purple cremation urn can have a special meaning. Wearing the stone symbolizes inner strength, so it stands to reason that a purple urn symbolizes your loved one’s strength.
These beautiful amethyst jewelry urns (pictured below) are perfect for always keeping a portion of your loved one’s ashes with you. Choose accessories like the angel wing or birthstone to personalize this cremation jewelry.
Also, choose an engraved tag to make it even more special. The example tag reads, “Mom My Angel,” but you have 17 characters in case you’d like a name or even a unique nickname.
This jewelry kit from Etsy seller, SuzieQUrns, comes with instructions for filling the small urn with your loved one’s ashes. The fill kit has a small funnel and just enough super glue. Alternatively, you can take the jewelry to your funeral director, who will gladly transfer a small number of ashes for you. So don’t think you need to take this step on your own.
Positive Associations With The Color Purple
There are many positive associations with the color purple.
- It reminds children of unicorns and magic.
- Like in the Red Hat Society, purple symbolizes a desire to remain spunky and fun.
- It uplifts the spirit and calms emotions.
Another positive association with the color purple is that of bravery. We give the Purple Heart medal to soldiers injured in the line of duty.
For all these reasons, purple is the perfect color for your loved one’s ashes.
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The Steve Shannon Peony Purple wooden urn, pictured below, is a beautiful representation of a well-lived life. Neither overtly masculine nor feminine, this urn is handcrafted from segmented pieces of poplar wood. It is dyed to create a soft peony purple and then coated with a lasting urethane finish. As a result, the artist created a stunning yet understated purple urn.
Purple: For Alzheimer’s Awareness
The Alzheimer’s Association uses the color purple to symbolize national unity, regardless of political affiliation. It says, “The fight against Alzheimer’s isn’t a red or blue issue; it’s both. More than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, the most expensive disease in the nation.”
They aim to raise awareness of the disease and corresponding funding for finding cures. A purple cremation urn for a loved one who had Alzheimer’s is a fitting tribute. Its presence at a memorial service quietly raises awareness.
Some family members of a loved one with Alzheimer’s may even ask you to give financial remembrances as donations on their family member’s behalf. What a lovely way to remember someone!
Below, the dark Purple Fire Urn closely resembles the Alzheimer’s Association purple. So this urn makes a good choice for recognizing the disease. In addition, this vibrant glossy metal urn celebrates a life well-lived.
The corresponding small heart keepsake makes a perfect smaller-sized memorial for keeping some of your loved one’s ashes. Even if you decide not to split the ashes, a small monument is an excellent way to hold a piece of your loved one in your hand.
I have a small memorial urn that represents both of my parents, even though it has neither of their ashes in it. I simply wanted a small memorial of them that I could sometimes touch. Holding the urn gives me a sense of peace, so for that reason, I recommend purchasing a small reminder of your loved one.
The tiny purple heart urn below is a good reminder that purple isn’t only a feminine color. Purple is the color of kings. It represents royalty and bravery, so it is a perfect color for a masculine cremation urn.
Lavender: Feminine, Graceful, And Elegant
While deeper tones of purple are more regal, lighter lavenders are feminine, graceful, and elegant. These softer tones exude beauty and femininity. However, lavender feels more delicate and precious without the more profound mystery of purple.
The collection below showcases lavender’s feminine beauty in a full-size urn, a keepsake urn, and even a tealight candle keepsake. For those who want a unique way to memorialize your loved one, this collection has you covered in lavender.
The full-size Lavender Blessing is a solid brass urn. First, personalize it with an engraved name in the font of your choice. Then, choose from a wide selection of clip art to add more personality. I love the special touch that the embellished border of scrolled leaves adds. And the matching lid finishes off this elegant urn.
Choose one or more matching keepsake urns that match the full-size one for a unique way to commemorate your loved one. These tiny urns hold a small portion of ashes and only measure 3” tall. Sit one on a special shelf with a picture of the deceased for an in-home memorial.
Another option is to purchase the matching tealight urn. This solid brass lavender and silver tealight cremation keepsake has a screw-on bottom. Place cremated remains into the keepsake or leave it empty as a memorial. Either way, it shows honor to your loved one.
Purple Urn With Butterflies
Like the purple urn with hummingbirds above, a purple urn with butterflies can capture your loved one’s sense of magic. The love of nature and the color purple go hand in hand.
Personalize this beautiful purple urn with butterflies by selecting high-quality laser engraving. Then, add your loved one name, birthdate, and death date. This quality urn features a threaded lid for a secure seal. Finally, add a touch of glue for a permanent bond.
What Size Urn Should I Buy?
Use this quick guide to select the size of urn you need. It even tells you the amount of cremated remains used for small keepsake urns and jewelry.
Conclusion
A purple cremation urn celebrates your loved one’s style and individuality. Choose to engrave for further personalization or leave it plain for a simple but elegant look. Purple is the color of wealth and royalty. It speaks of bravery and chivalry.
Purple cremation urns offer a perfect way to honor your loved one with a nod toward the deep mystery of the color. Whether you keep the urn at home, bury it in an urn vault, or place it in a columbarium niche, choosing a purple urn will bring a smile to all who see it.
