purple
A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
Other meanings
Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
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.
“to put on the imperial purple”
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "πορφύρα" (purple-fish).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “purple” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.