Barney is a purple dinosaur and the main protagonist of the television series Barney & Friends and its home video predecessor Barney & The Backyard Gang. A two hundred million year (two dinosaur years) old, six-foot[3] tall purple tyrannosaurus-rex with a green tummy and green spots on his back and his tail and yellow toes, he comes to life through a child's imagination, springing up from a doll to full size. In turn, Barney opens children's eyes to the joys of learning and discovery, to the won