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Purple

/ˈpɜː(ɹ).pəl/

A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.

📖 Definitions of "Purple"

noun
  1. 1

    A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.

  2. 2

    (colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.

  3. 3

    Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.

    "to put on the imperial purple"

  4. 4

    (by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.

verb
  1. 1

    To turn purple in colour.

  2. 2

    To dye purple.

  3. 3

    To clothe in purple.

adjective
  1. 1

    Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.

  2. 2

    Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.

  3. 3

    (in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.

  4. 4

    Imperial; regal.

noun
  1. 1

    A recreational drug based on cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community in the southern United States.

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