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Purple-blue   /pˈərpəl-blu/   Listen
Purple-blue

adjective
1.
Of blue tinged with purple.  Synonym: purplish-blue.





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"Purple-blue" Quotes from Famous Books



... above Worbarrow Bay. This is without doubt the finest portion of the Dorset coast, not only for the striking outline of the cliffs and hills themselves but for the beautiful colouring of the strata and the contrasting emerald of the dells that break down to the purple-blue of the water. Neither drawing nor photograph can give any idea of this exquisite blend of ...
— Wanderings in Wessex - An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter • Edric Holmes
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... for he punctuated his cropping of the grass with glances towards the mountains. The Eagles were growing out of the night, turning from purple-grey to purple-blue, to daintiest lavender mist in the hollows and rosy light on the peaks, and last the full morning came over the sky at a step and the day wind rose ...
— Alcatraz • Max Brand
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Words linked to "Purple-blue" :   chromatic, purplish-blue


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