purple

n.

1. Any of a group of colors with a hue between that of violet and red.
2. Cloth of a color between violet and red, formerly worn as a symbol of royalty or high office.
3. Imperial power; high rank: born to the purple.
4. Roman Catholic Church.
   1. The rank or office of a cardinal.
   2. The rank or office of a bishop.

adj.

1. Of the color purple.
2. Royal or imperial; regal.
3. Elaborate and ornate: purple prose.

tr. & intr.v., -pled, -pling, -ples.
To make or become purple.

[Middle English, from Old English purpul, from purpure, purple garment, from Latin purpura, shellfish yielding purple dye, purple cloth, purple, from Greek porphurā.]

A bluish-purple, ghost-like color that outlines dark edges of objects such as brown or black hair in a photograph. It tends to be more visible when a wide angle lens is used and when shooting high-contrast images, especially with inexpensive cameras. It may be due to chromatic aberration, lens flare or overexposure. See chromatic aberration and lens flare.

With digital cameras, software idiosyncrasies and sensor abnormalities may cause purple fringing. It is an unwanted side effect of "filling in the blanks" via processing of the image. In all digital cameras, except those that use Foveon's X3 chip, all colors are not stored for each pixel, and the missing colors have to be created by software. See Bayer pattern and X3.

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1. a color between blue and red.
2. a substance of this color used as a dye or indicator.

• p. cudweed — gnaphalium purpureum.
• p.-flowered bell vine — ipomoea purpurea.
• p.-flowered morning glory — ipomoea purpurea.
• p.-leafed goosefoot — scleroblitum atriplicinum.
• p. loco — astragalus mollisimus.
• p. mint — perilla frutescens.
• p. pigeon grass — setaria incrassata.
• p. plume grass — triraphis mollis.
• p. rattlebox — sesbania punicea.
• p. top — verbena bonariensis.
• p. sesbane — sesbania punicea.
• p. viper's bugloss — echium plantagineum.
• visual p. — rhodopsin.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Of a color intermediate between red and blue; Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.

O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain — Katharine Bates, Source: America the Beautiful, 1893

Used by monarchs for centuries, purple is the color of royalty, high rank, and dignity. This highly regarded color has connotations of transformation, particularly personal transformation. Esoterically, it represents the crown chakra, which is the highest center of consciousness in certain metaphysical systems.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lilla, rødviolet
adj. - lilla, rødviolet
v. tr. - farve noget lille
v. intr. - blive lilla

idioms:

• born in the purple    af fornem byrd
• Purple Heart    medalje, som gives til soldater, som er såret i kamp
• purple patch    kunstnerisk særlig vellykket sted

Nederlands (Dutch)
paars, purper, paars maken

Français (French)
n. - violet, (Relig) la pourpre, (GB) évêques anglicans
adj. - pourpre, violet, rouge (de colère)
v. tr. - devenir cramoisi, devenir rouge de colère
v. intr. - devenir cramoisi, devenir rouge de colère

idioms:

• born in the purple    né dans la religion
• Purple Heart    (US, Mil) médaille accordée aux blessés ou morts à la guerre
• purple patch    (Littérat) passage ampoulé (péj)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - purpurn, lila, überladen
v. - dunkelrot anlaufen
n. - Lila, Violett, Purpur

idioms:

• born in the purple    in eine regierende Familie hineingeboren
• Purple Heart    (Slang) Purple Heart (Rauschgifttablette), US-am. Verwundetenabzeichen
• purple patch    (über)reich ausgeschmückte Passage

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πορφυρός, πορφυρένιος, βασιλικός ή αυτοκρατορικός
v. - κοκκινίζω
n. - πορφύρα, (μτφ.) βασιλικό ή αρχιερατικό αξίωμα

idioms:

• born in the purple    πορφυρογέννητος
• Purple Heart    (ΗΠΑ) αριστείο ανδρείας, (καθομ.) χάπι αμφεταμίνης
• purple patch    (σε κείμενο κλπ.) απόσπασμα με πομπώδες ύφος ή παραφορτωμένη γλώσσα, ευτυχής περίοδος

Italiano (Italian)
porpora, imporporare

idioms:

• born in the purple    figlio della corona
• Purple Heart    medaglia al valore, medaglia per feriti in battaglia
• purple patch    periodo glorioso

Português (Portuguese)
v. - arroxear
adj., -
n. - roxo

idioms:

• born in the purple    nascido em berço de ouro
• Purple Heart    condecoração para feridos em combate
• purple patch    trecho floreado (Lit.)

Русский (Russian)
лиловый, фиолетовый, пурпурный, пурпур, фиолетовый цвет, обагряться

idioms:

• born in the purple    знатного происхождения
• Purple Heart    Алое Сердце (Орден США)
• purple patch    цветистый оборот

Español (Spanish)
n. - morado, violeta, púrpura
adj. - de color morado, violeta, púrpura o enrojecido
v. tr. - purpurar, enrojecer
v. intr. - ponerse rojo o morado

idioms:

• born in the purple    nacido en el seno de una familia reinante
• Purple Heart    condecoración a los heridos de guerra
• purple patch    trozo de estilo grandilocuente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - purpurfärgad, mörklila
v. - purpurfärga, bli purpurfärgad
n. - purpur(färg), purpurdräkt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
紫色, 紫色的, 华而不实的, 帝王的, 使成紫色, 变成紫色

idioms:

• born in the purple    出身显贵, 居特权阶级地位
• Purple Heart    紫心勋章
• purple patch    华而不实的章句

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 紫色
adj. - 紫色的, 華而不實的, 帝王的
v. tr. - 使成紫色
v. intr. - 變成紫色

idioms:

• born in the purple    出身顯貴, 居特權階級地位
• Purple Heart    紫心勛章
• purple patch    華而不實的章句

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자줏빛, 제위, 주권
adj. - 자줏빛의, 진홍색의
v. tr. - 자줏빛이 되다
v. intr. - 자줏빛이 되게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 紫色, 深紅色
adj. - 紫の, 深紅色の, 帝王の, 高位の, 華麗な

idioms:

• Purple Heart    名誉負傷章
• purple patch    華麗な章句

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أرجواني اللون, امبرطوري, ملكي (فعل) يلون باللون الارجواني, اللون الارجواني, سلطه امبرطوريه أو ملكيه (الاسم) اللون البنفسجي أو الارجواني‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צבע ביניים בין אדום לסגול, ארגמן, בגדי חשמן, מחלצות ארגמן, מלכות‬
adj. - ‮סגול, ארגמן, סמוק‬
v. tr. - ‮צבע בצבע סגול/ארגמן‬
v. intr. - ‮נצבע בצבע סגול/ארגמן‬

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purple	Purple Moonstones
Purple Carnations	Purple Outerwear