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mulberry

mulberry

1 4.4
A deep reddish-purple colour like the dark skin of ripe berries
  • adjective
  • /ˈmʌlˌbɜri/
: color mora
  • For her makeup look, she chose a mulberry lipstick that added a bold pop of color to her lips.

Examples

  • She painted the walls a deep mulberry shade, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere in the living room.

  • The dress was made from a luxurious fabric in a rich mulberry color that complemented her skin tone beautifully.

  • Next, I'm going into the shade Mulberry, and I'm just running that right into my crease.

Synonyms

cherry plum
vsmulberry
4.6

A deep red-purple color like the skin of a small round fruit

is similar but emphasizes a darker purple with a red tint

Compounds

A tree that makes small dark fruit like blackberries

mulberry family
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A family of trees and shrubs with milky sap like mulberry and fig

white mulberry
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A tree from Asia with leaves that feed silkworms and white or pale red fruit

A small Asian tree with bark people use to make cloth

1 5.8

A North American tree that grows dark purple sweet fruit

1 9.5

A large tree with wide branches from Africa and southwest Asia that grows small edible figs

A tree with dark purple edible fruit and heart-shaped leaves

A low plant that spreads along the ground and makes small orange berries

A sweet drink with alcohol that people make by soaking mulberries

How Dark

black
111 1.0
burgundy
24 4.9
maroon
14 2.3
mulberry
1 4.4
red
299 1.0
pink
172 1.0

Surface Forms

mulberry positive

Etymology

The adjective mulberry is named after the ripe fruit: the word comes from Latin morus and English berry, and it was used for a 'dark red-purple' shade like the berry's colour. So mulberry the colour means the deep, reddish-purple of the fruit.