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purplish-red

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Noun1.purplish-red - a red with a tinge of purple
purplish red
red, redness - red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
magenta - a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
fuschia - a dark purplish-red color
maroon - a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
Adj.1.purplish-red - of red tinged with purple
purple-red
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue


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This slug, when disturbed, emits a very fine purplish-red fluid, which stains the water for the space of a foot around.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
The other, a very stout, buxom woman with a purplish-red, blotchy face, excessively smartly dressed with a brooch on her bosom as big as a saucer, was standing on one side, apparently waiting for something.
Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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