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A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
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(colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
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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.
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to put on the imperial purple
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(by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
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Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
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The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
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Purpura.
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Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
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Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
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the banded purple
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A cardinalate.