purple vs white

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. 

white

adj
  • Relatively light or pale in colour. 

  • Alwhite, pertaining to white armor. 

  • Affected by leucism. 

  • Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc. 

  • Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. 

  • The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour. 

  • Characterised by the presence of snow. 

  • Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned. 

  • Not containing characters; see white space. 

  • Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian. 

  • Containing cream, milk, or creamer. 

  • Honourable, fair; decent. 

  • Made from immature leaves and shoots. 

  • Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”). 

  • Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin. 

  • Designated for use by Caucasians. 

  • Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary. 

  • Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements. 

noun
  • Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae. 

  • The sclera, white of the eye. 

  • The cue ball in cue games. 

  • The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten. 

  • White wine. 

  • Cocaine 

  • A white bean 

  • A white pigment. 

  • The albumen of bird eggs (egg white). 

  • The snow- or ice-covered "green" in snow golf. 

  • A person of European descent with light-coloured skin. 

  • White coffee 

  • A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade. 

  • The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot. 

  • The color/colour of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths. 

verb
  • To make white; to whiten; to bleach. 

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