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PURPL/ˈpɜːpl/

Purple is the colour between red and blue. Adjective: a purple coat. Grapes and some flowers are purple. People mix purple with pink (pale red). As a noun: dressed in purple; bruise can look purple — later.

Meaning

A colour between red and blue.

Examples

• “The grapes are purple.”
• “She bought purple gloves.”
• “The sky turned purple at sunset.”

Good to know

a purple + noun. Contrast: pink (pale red), blue, red.

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