gold vs purple

gold

adj
  • Having the colour of gold. 

  • In a finished state, ready for manufacturing. 

  • Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies. 

  • Made of gold. 

  • Premium, superior. 

noun
  • A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au. 

  • A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold. 

  • The bullseye of an archery target. 

  • A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so. 

  • A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold. 

  • A gold medal. 

  • Anything or anyone that is very valuable. 

symbol
  • ☉ (alchemy) 

verb
  • To appear or cause to appear golden. 

adv
  • of or referring to a gold version of something 

purple

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

  • 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. 

  • Blood-red; bloody. 

verb
  • To clothe in purple. 

  • To dye purple. 

  • To turn purple in colour. 

noun
  • 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. 

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

  • 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. 

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