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purple-red

purple-red

1 2.2
A red color mixed with purple
  • adjective
translation icon : rojo púrpura
  • The purple-red leaf section received several layers of outrageously electric purple to achieve the dusky red-purple of the finished leaf.

Caesar had taken to wearing the purple red boots that had belonged to Rome's kings centuries before.

Examples

  • The toenails were painted with purple-red polish.

  • Caesar had taken to wearing the purple red boots that had belonged to Rome's kings centuries before.

  • Zakhid's purple-red face slowly started to grow less livid.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • In your glass, this outstanding Stag's Leap District Cab is a deep purple-red in color.

  • The wine is deep purple-red in color and was tasted after 30 minutes in the decanter.

Synonyms

crimson
vspurple-red
58 3.4

A deep red color with a little purple

is a mixture of red and purple rather than strong pure red
red-purple
vspurple-red
1 2.8

A purple color with a clear red tint

is framed from the red side rather than the purple side
purplish-red
vspurple-red
2.7

Having a red color with a touch of purple

is defined as red mixed with purple rather than primarily purple
purplish red
vspurple-red
3.2

A red color with a little purple in it

is the same but stresses red as the base color
reddish purple
vspurple-red
2.0

A purple color that has some red in it

is red mixed with purple rather than purple with red
reddish-purple
vspurple-red
3.5

A color between red and purple, like ripe grapes

is defined by red mixed into purple rather than vice versa
crimson-purple
vspurple-red
5.8

A deep purple color mixed with red

is a red mixed with purple but not necessarily deep
red-violet
vspurple-red
3.9

A color between red and purple that leans toward red

is red mixed with purple, not a violet-centered hue

How Purple

purple
229 1.0
purplish
6 2.9
purple-red
1 2.2
reddish
33 1.0
red
1.0

Surface Forms

purple-red positive

Morphology

purple-red = purple + red (transparent) = purple + red

Clearly formed from two familiar colour adjectives; the meaning (a red colour tinged with purple) follows directly from the components.

Etymology

Purple-red comes from joining two simple color words, purple and red, and so it means 'red mixed with purple', like the colour of some grapes or red wine. That's why purple-red describes a red shade with a purple touch.