Purple

Noun

 * 1) A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
 * 2) Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
 * 1) Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.

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.

Verb

 * 1)  To turn purple in colour.

Adjectives for Purple
imperial; intense; darkling; dun; regal; pansy; visual; tenderest; livid; rich; ruddy; soft; pale.

Thesaurus
imperious, kinglike, kingly, lavender, lilac, livid, lividity, lividness, lush, luxuriant, magenta, majestic, mallow, mauve, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, monsignor, mulberry, off-color, orb, orchid, ornate, overblown, overcharged, overloaded, pansy, pansy violet, pansy-purple, plum, plum-colored, plum-purple, pompous, pontiff purple, princelike, princely, privy seal, purple pall, purpleness, purplescent, purpliness, purplish, purplishness, purply, purpurate, purpure, purpureal, purpurean, purpureous, queenlike, queenly, racy, raisin-colored, regal, regal purple, regalia, robe of state, rod, rod of empire, royal, royal crown, royal purple, salty, scepter, seal, shady, signet, solferino, sovereign, spicy, stilted, suggestive, tiara, triple plume, turgid, uraeus, violaceous, violet, wicked, wine purple, Mars violet, Tyrian purple, adorned, amethyst, amethystine, befrilled, blue, bombastic, broad, cap of dignity, cap of maintenance, clematis, colored, coronet, crown, dahlia, damson, decorated, diadem, dynastic, embellished, embroidered, ermine, fancy, festooned, figurative, figured, florid, flowery, fuchsia, grape, great seal, heliotrope, high-flown, hyacinth, imperatorial, imperatorious, imperial, imperial purple,

Etymology
From purpel:, from  purple:, purpure:, from  purpura:, from  πορφύρα:, of Semitic origin.

Derived terms

 * bepurple
 * purple finch
 * purple gallinule
 * purple grackle
 * Purple Heart
 * purple loosestrife
 * purple passage
 * purple patch
 * purple prose
 * purple state
 * purpleheart
 * royal purple
 * Tyrian purple
 * visual purple

Noun

 * Ancient Greek: πορφύρεος, πορφυροῦς (porphureos, porphurous)
 * Arabic: بنفسجي
 * Basque: gorrindol
 * Bosnian: ljubičasta, lila
 * Breton: limestra
 * Catalan: porpra, púrpura
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: purpur
 * Czech: purpurový, fialový
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: purper, paars
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , violetti
 * French: ,
 * German: purpur, lila, violett
 * Greek: μωβ (mov), ιώδες (iódhes), ιόχρουν (iókhrun), βιολετί (vyoletí), μαβί (maví), μενεξεδί (menexedhí), πορφυρό (porfiró)
 * Gronings:
 * Hebrew: סגול (Sagol)
 * Hopi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:, purpuralitur
 * Ido:
 * Igbo:


 * Indonesian: ungu
 * Irish: corcairghorm
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 紫 (むらさき, murasaki)
 * Korean: 자주색
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian: purpurs, lillā , violets
 * Macedonian: пурпурна
 * Malay: ungu
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: lilla, fiolett
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: kulli
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian: фиолетовый
 * Saterland Frisian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: lila, violett, gredelin
 * Turkish: mor, erguvani (purple-coloured)
 * Vietnamese: tía
 * Welsh: porffor, piws
 * West Frisian: pears


 * Finnish: purppurakotilo

Adjective

 * Amharic:
 * Arabic: أرجواني, بنفسجي
 * Catalan: porpra
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: purpurne
 * Finnish: sinipunainen, violetti
 * French: ,
 * German:, , purpurrot
 * Hopi:


 * Hungarian:, bíborszínű
 * Icelandic:, fjólublá, fjólublátt; purpuralitur, purpuralit, purpuralitt
 * Japanese:, , パープル
 * Latvian: purpura, lillā , violets
 * Novial: purpri
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, пурпурный
 * Saterland Frisian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,
 * Spanish:


 * Swahili: