Purple is a shade that's a mixture of red and blue. If you are eating a grape Popsicle, get ready to spend a while with a purple tongue and lips.
A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
Noun
a chromatic color between red and blue
Noun
of imperial status; "he was born to the purple"
Verb
color purple
Verb
become purple
Adjective S.
of a color midway between red and blue
Adjective S.
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag''s head"
Adjective S.
excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"
n.
A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a
combination of the primary colors red and blue.
n.
Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color;
especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority;
specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the
emblem of imperial dignity; as, to put on the imperial purple.
n.
Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor;
loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
n.
A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
n.
Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with
purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis) as, the
banded purple (B. arthemis). See Illust. under Ursula.
n.
Any shell of the genus Purpura.
n.
See Purpura.
n.
A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
a.
Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much
esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue
color; as, a purple robe.
a.
Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an
emblem of imperial authority.
a.
Blood-red; bloody.
v. t.
To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color; as,
hands purpled with blood.
Purple
Arraying with reflected purple and gold The clouds that on his western throne attend.
Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and purple, and scarlet.3.
Purple
Hide in the dust thy purple pride.3.
May such purple tears be alway shed.
I view a field of blood, And Tiber rolling with a purple blood.
Purple
When morn Purples the east.
Reclining soft in blissful bowers, Purpled sweet with springing flowers.
A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color;
To make purple; to dye of purple or deep red color;
Usage Examples
Katy Perry is the sexiest woman I've ever kissed. It was amazing and very purple - she had purple lipstick on. I don't think there will ever be anything cooler than kissing her... until I marry her maybe!
Sitting at the table during Color Purple and looking up and suddenly realizing I was acting in front of Steven Spielberg, was pretty cool. It was pretty good.
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Other Usage ExamplesI think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.
I saw Deep Purple live once and I paid money for it and I thought, 'Geez, this is ridiculous.' You just see through all that sort of stuff. I never liked those Deep Purples or those sort of things. I always hated it. I always thought it was a poor man's Led Zeppelin.
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