- the colour of blue and red mixed together
- His hair was dyed a bright shade of purple.
- She was dressed in purple.
- His eyes were a deep purple.
- She wore purple and black.
- the startling pinks and purples of the dresses
Word OriginOld English (describing the clothing of an emperor), alteration of purpre, from Latin purpura ‘purple’, from Greek porphura, denoting molluscs that yielded a crimson dye, also cloth dyed with this.
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