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Color:
Royal purple


More info:
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Colors with the same hue:
Raisin
Nightshade
Blazing Purple
Deep Purple
Intense Purple
Amethyst
Pale violet
Similar colors:
Amethyst
Purpureus
Eminence
Ultraviolet
Slate blue
Dusk
Ocean Blue
Blazing Purple
Lavender 
Midnight
Imperial Purple
Grape
Deep Purple
Plum
Cobalt blue
Sapphire
Iris
Sparkling Sapphire
Smalt 
New Car
Absolute Zero
Denim
Pomp and Power
Egyptian blue
Patriarch
Purple 
Deep mauve
Mardi Gras
Dark blue-gray
Nightshade
Words evoked by this color:
pompadour,  reverend,  theological,  queene,  majesty,  thespian,  hapsburg,  dowager,  empress,  matriarch,  rarity,  ist,  mozart,  amix,  amy,  amite,  geode,  amelia,  mythic,  amended,  rare,  amery,  rarer,  acai,  indulging,  welch,  scupper,  jell,  jelly,  gape,  pomace,  rebecca,  surreal,  photochemical,  spectrophotometric,  recombination,  nonlinearity,  fiord,  adapt,  jolla,  swell,  seaward,  kahuna,  valparaiso,  californian,  adaptive,  mombasa,  vancouver,  tempestuous,  tisane
Literary analysis:
Royal purple frequently appears as a vivid, evocative hue in literature, used to color both nature and human artifacts with a sense of regality and emotion. Authors describe natural phenomena—such as sunlight that suddenly shifts into royal purple [1] or ironweed whose petals mingle in a maroon and purple harmony [2]—to evoke moods of transition and wonder. In the realm of dress and decor, the term often signals distinction and nobility, whether it’s the rich velvet of a gown that burdens its wearer with sentimental weight [3] or ceremonial garments hinting at divine authority [4]. In each case, royal purple is not merely a color but a symbol that deepens the reader’s experience of the scene.
  1. In the full sunlight, at times, it became almost a royal purple.
    — from The Seeker by Harry Leon Wilson
  2. Ironweed of royal purple, maroon-shot, mingles in illogical harmony with the blue vervain and magenta trumpet-weeds.
    — from Minstrel Weather by Marian Storm
  3. I understood that she was decked in a gown of royal purple, whose sweeping velvet train gave her no little trouble.
    — from The Boss of Little Arcady by Harry Leon Wilson
  4. Then He bade Moses turn to the left, and there he saw angels dressed in red, and God said: "This is royal purple."
    — from The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 by Louis Ginzberg

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