purplish
Americanadjective
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Rendered with atomic specks of red, blue and green that produce a darker purplish cast, its resonant effect is reinforced in the painted border Seurat added later, as he did to many of his seascapes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Former first Lady Jill Biden yet again wore a purplish blue from head to toe.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025
Birds squawked in weird intonations, a few stars dotted a purplish sky, and the temperature felt like it dropped several degrees.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 4, 2024
Coffman, who served two decades in the military before coming to Congress, was perennially endangered given his purplish district in the Denver suburbs.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
The saucepan was full of thick gooey purplish treacle, boiling and bubbling.
From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl
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