Read the following passage and answer if the question is true or false.
Passage: The Color Purple is a 1982 epistolary novel by American author Alice Walker which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name.

Question: was the color purple based on a true story?

Is the answer True or False? Respond with only "True" or "False" and no additional text.
False. The Color Purple is a work of fiction.