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Uncommonpurple
The correct spelling is purple.
How to pronounce purple
/ˈpɜː(ɹ).pəl/
nounIPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pəl/
Say it like: Pur-ple
The correct spelling is purple. A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. For example: "to put on the imperial purple"
Usage Examples
“to put on the imperial purple”
“the banded purple”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
- 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.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.
- 4.(by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
- 5.Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
verb
- 1.To turn purple in colour.
- 2.To dye purple.
- 3.To clothe in purple.
adjective
- 1.Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
- 2.Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
- 3.(in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
- 4.Imperial; regal.
- 5.Blood-red; bloody.
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