PURPLE

noun

1. A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
2. (colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
3. Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.

verb

1. To turn purple in colour.
2. To dye purple.
3. To clothe in purple.

adjective

1. Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
2. Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
3. (in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.