| Main Entry: | purple |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | blue and red colors mixed together |
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amaranthine, amethyst, blue-violet, bluish red, color, heliotrope, lavender, lilac, magenta, mauve, mulberry, orchid, periwinkle, perse, plum, pomegranate, reddish blue, violaceous, violet, wine |
| Main Entry: | red |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
| Definition: | color of blood; shade resembling such a color |
Synonyms: |
bittersweet, bloodshot, blooming, blush, brick, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, cerise, cherry, chestnut, claret, copper, coral, crimson, dahlia, flaming, florid, flushed, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, glowing, healthy, inflamed, infrared, magenta, maroon, pink, puce, rose, roseate, rosy, rubicund, ruby, ruddy, rufescent, russet, rust, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, titian, vermilion, wine |
| Main Entry: | purple |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
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| Main Entry: | red |
| Part of Speech: | noun, adjective |
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red, blowzed, blowzy, blushing, brick, buff, burnt, carroty, cerise, cherry, coral, crimson, erubescent, ferruginous, flame, flammulated, flesh, foxy, gules, hot, hot pink, incarnadin, incarnadine, latericeous, lateritious, lurid, magenta, maroon, murrey, phenicious, poppy, puniceous, red as a lobster, red as a turkey, red as fire, red as scarlet, reddened, reddish, roon, rose, roseate, rubedinous, rubescent, rubicund, rubiginous, ruby, rufous, russet, rutilant, salmon, shell, sorrel, stammel, vinaceous, warm
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| Concept: | Purple. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; complementary colors |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
purple; blue and red, bishop's purple; aniline dyes, gridelin, amethyst; purpure; heliotrope., lividness, lividity.
-verbs
empurple.
-adjectives
purple, violet, plum-colored, lavender, lilac, puce, mauve; livid.
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