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bishop's purple

bishop's purple

9.9
A medium reddish purple that is a little bluer and lighter than deep purple
  • noun
translation icon : púrpura de obispo
  • The choir's new robes were a distinctive bishop's purple that stood out in the candlelight.

Examples

  • The velvet drapes were dyed a deep bishop's purple for the cathedral's restoration.

  • She admired the bishop's purple in the artist's palette, finding it both rich and subtle.

  • The walls were painted in a lovely bishop's purple.

  • I love the shade of bishop's purple for my bedroom.

  • The choir's new robes were a distinctive bishop's purple that stood out in the candlelight.

  • The velvet drapes were dyed a deep bishop's purple for the cathedral's restoration.

  • I love the shade of bishop's purple for my bedroom.

Synonyms

purple
vsbishop's purple
229 1.0

Having a color between red and blue like violet

refers to a specific moderate red-tinged shade that is slightly bluer and lighter
red-purple
vsbishop's purple
1 2.8

A purple color with a clear red tint

leans more toward blue and is lighter with less red warmth
bishop's violet
vsbishop's purple
9.9

A medium reddish-purple color like deep purple flowers

is bluer and lighter but less strong in color than that
reddish-purple
vsbishop's purple
3.5

A color between red and purple, like ripe grapes

has a more moderate red tinge and is slightly bluer and lighter
purplish red
vsbishop's purple
3.2

A red color with a little purple in it

is more balanced toward blue with a moderate red influence

How Purple

bishop's purple
9.9

Surface Forms

bishop's purple singular
bishop's purples plural

Morphology

bishop's + purple

The possessive construction 'bishop's' + 'purple' straightforwardly signals a purple color associated with bishops, so a learner who knows 'bishop' and 'purple' will infer it names a shade of purple. While the precise tint cannot be predicted without prior exposure, the general meaning 'a type of purple' follows common color-naming patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent.

Etymology

Bishop's purple may come from the rich robes that a bishop wore long ago in a deep purple color. So, the name now means that reddish, slightly blue 'color'.