brown vs purple

brown

adj
  • Having a brown colour. 

  • Southeast Asian 

  • Latino 

  • South Asian 

noun
  • Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae). 

  • A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at. 

  • One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points. 

  • A brown trout (Salmo trutta). 

  • A brown horse or other animal. 

  • Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis. 

  • A colour like that of chocolate or coffee. 

  • Black tar heroin. 

  • A person of Latino, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance. 

verb
  • To make brown or dusky. 

  • To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region. 

  • To cook something until it becomes brown. 

  • To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface. 

  • To tan. 

  • To become brown. 

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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