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PURPLISH-RED

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A red with a tinge of purple

Synonyms:

purplish-red; purplish red

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("purplish-red" is a kind of...):

red; redness (red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "purplish-red"):

magenta (a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta)

fuschia (a dark purplish-red color)

maroon (a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Of red tinged with purple

Synonyms:

purple-red; purplish-red

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

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