In dyeing and painting, an often fugitive crimson or vermillion pigment derived from an organic colorant (cochineal or madder, for example) and an inorganic, generally metallic mordant.
A small stream of running water; a channel for water; a drain.
A large, landlocked stretch of water or similar liquid.
Play; sport; game; fun; glee.
A large amount of liquid; as, a wine lake.
In the composition of colors for use in products intended for human consumption, made by extending on a substratum of alumina, a salt prepared from one of the certified water-soluble straight colors.
To leap, jump, exert oneself, play.
To make lake-red.
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.
To clothe in purple.
To dye purple.
To turn purple in colour.
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.