blush vs purple

blush

noun
  • A glow; a flush of colour, especially pink or red. 

  • Feeling or appearance of optimism. 

  • A sort of makeup, frequently a powder, used to redden the cheeks. 

  • A pale pink wine made by removing the dark grape skins at the required point during fermentation. 

  • The collective noun for a group of boys. 

  • An act of blushing; a red glow on the face caused by shame, modesty, etc. 

  • A color between pink and cream. 

verb
  • To have a warm and delicate colour, like some roses and other flowers. 

  • Of dope or varnish: to develop an undesirable white precipitate on the surface, due to being applied in humid conditions. 

  • To be ashamed or embarrassed (to do something). 

  • To become red in the face (and sometimes experience an associated feeling of warmth), especially due to shyness, shame, excitement, or embarrassment. 

  • To become red. 

  • To suffuse with a blush; to redden; to make rosy. 

  • To express or make known by blushing. 

  • To change skin color in the face (to a particular shade). 

purple

noun
  • A color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. 

  • Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis). 

  • Purpura. 

  • The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana. 

  • Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk. 

  • Earcockle, a disease of wheat. 

  • A cardinalate. 

  • Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red. 

  • 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. 

  • Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings. 

verb
  • To clothe in purple. 

  • To dye purple. 

  • To turn purple in colour. 

adj
  • Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session. 

  • Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose. 

  • Mixed between social democrats and liberals. 

  • Imperial; regal. 

  • Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support. 

  • Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue. 

  • Blood-red; bloody. 

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