purplish-red

Examples

• All

• Gudge's face had turned a truly amazing shade of purplish red.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I run down the hall to find Schoenwald on the desk, on top of Jack, his hands around his neck, Jack's face turning from his normal purplish-red to pure maroon.

  Fiction book (2000)

• After exercising vigorously, his cheeks flushed a bright purplish-red.

• The artist chose a purplish-red for his painting, adding depth to the landscape.

Synonyms

C

crimson

vspurplish-red

58 3.4

A deep red color with a little purple

is a red with a faint purple hint rather than the deeper vivid tone

R

red-purple

vspurplish-red

1 2.8

A purple color with a clear red tint

is centered on red with only a faint purple tint

P

purplish red

vspurplish-red

3.2

A red color with a little purple in it

has identical meaning but written with a hyphen

C

crimson-purple

vspurplish-red

5.8

A deep purple color mixed with red

focuses on red as the base with only a small purple touch

R

reddish purple

vspurplish-red

2.0

A purple color that has some red in it

is red based with just a small purple tint

Antonyms

G

to green

12 3.8

Become covered with new leaves or grass

How Purple

purple

229 1.0

reddish-purple

3.5

purplish-red

3.0

red

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology