purplish-black
1
3.4
A very dark color that looks slightly purple
- adjective
- /ˈpɜrplɪʃ blæk/
:
negro purpúreo
- Her eyes, purplish-black in the candlelight, gave away no surprise or alarm.
- purplish-black berries
- purplish-black stems
Examples
-
"Virgo and Libra appear in the 'purplish black' sky."
Academic text (1998) -
The sky turned a stunning purplish-black as the sun set behind the mountains.
-
She wore a dress that was purplish-black, shimmering in the soft light of the evening.
-
The artist chose a purplish-black color for her latest painting, evoking a sense of mystery.
Synonyms
purple-black
vspurplish-black
1
3.3
Very dark black with a slight purple tint
is the same meaning but uses an -ish form instead of a plain adjective
violet-black
vspurplish-black
1
6.1
A black color with a faint purple tint
uses a general purple shade rather than a bluer violet tint
How Purple
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Purplish-black is made from the color purple plus the little ending -ish and the word black, where -ish means 'somewhat'. So it means black with a small touch of purple, like black paint with one drop of purple added.