purple

noun

• 1a colour intermediate between red and blue:the painting was mostly in shades of blue and purple
• purple clothing or material.

• 2 (also Tyrian purple) a crimson dye obtained from some molluscs, formerly used for fabric worn by an emperor or senior magistrate in ancient Rome or Byzantium.
• (the purple) (in ancient Rome or Byzantium) clothing made from fabric dyed with Tyrian purple.
• (the purple) (in ancient Rome) a position of rank, authority, or privilege:he was too young to assume the purple
• (the purple) the scarlet official dress of a cardinal.

adjective

• of a colour intermediate between red and blue:a faded purple T-shirt

verb

• make or become purple in colour: [no object]:Edmund’s cheeks purpled [with object]:the neon was purpling the horizon above the highway