purple - English word #611

Translation

Having the colour you get when you mix red and blue, like a plum or some flowers.

Word origin

From Old English purpul, from Latin purpura, a purple dye from a sea snail.

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"Purple" tells us the colour of the wall.

grapes .

Here "purple" describes the colour of the grapes.

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Here "purple" describes the colour of the sky.

colour

What something looks like, such as red, blue, or green.

dark

With little or no light.

light

Light is the brightness from the sun, a fire, or a lamp that lets us see things.

sky

The space high above the earth that you see when you look up, where the sun, clouds, and stars are.

blood

The red liquid that moves round inside the body of a person or animal.

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