To support charity Pancreatic Cancer UK, the Council has turned the Stranraer’s Castle of St John purple*.
The castle is one of a handful of iconic landmark buildings across Scotland that have turned purple. The others include Edinburgh Castle and the Titan Crane in Glasgow.
Councillor Archie Dryburgh, chairman of the DGFirst Management Committee, said, “Protecting our most vulnerable people is a priority for our Council. Pancreatic cancer kills 1 person every hour and the disease has the worst survival rate of the 21 most common cancers. Just 4% of people survive pancreatic cancer for 5 years after diagnosis and this shocking survival rate has remained static for 40 years. Pancreatic Cancer UK is funding ground breaking research that will hopefully improve these statistics. November is pancreatic cancer awareness month and the purple buildings are a great way of drawing attention to this.”
The Council’s DGFirst street lighting section made filters to get just the right shade of purple.
Calum Edgar, street lighting team leader, said, “We hiked the purple hills listening to D12 and walked the streets in the purple rain listening to Prince before we could create just the right shade of deep purple. We then sprayed the filters in a purple haze while listening to Hendrix.”
http://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/
* Purple is defined as a deep, rich shade between crimson and violet, or, more broadly, as a range of hues of color between blue and red, or as a dark color that is a blend of red and blue. Purple and violet are similar, though purple is closer to red. In optics, there is an important difference; purple is a composite color made by combining red and blue, while violet is a spectral color, with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light.
