purple
A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to 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.
Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
Purpura.
Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
A cardinalate.
Ellipsis of purple drank.
Synonym of snakebite and black.

purpled
simple past and past participle of purple

purpler
comparative form of purple: more purple

purplescent
Tending toward a purple colour; purplish.

purplest
superlative form of purple: most purple

purplette
A small specialty onion with burgundy skin.

purplettes
plural of purplette

purpley
Alternative form of purply.

purplier
comparative form of purply: more purply

purpliest
superlative form of purply: most purply

purplish
Somewhat purple in colour/color.

purply
Of or having somewhat of a purple color or hue.

purpuraceous
Purple-coloured.

purpurate
Of a purple colour.

purpurates
plural of purpurate

purpure
A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.

purpureal
Of a purple colour.

purpuric
Pertaining to or affected with purpura (skin discoloration from blood inside it).
Purple or purplish (of spots which appear on the skin; regardless of their cause); Synonym of purpureal.
purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially
purple in colour; derived from or forming a substance which is purple; especially:

purpuriferous
Producing a purple pigment.

purpurogenous
Having the power to produce a purple colour.

pyocyanic
Relating to pyocyanin, or to pus that is coloured blue by this pigment

red
The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.
One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
Red wine.
Any of several varieties of ale which are brewed with red or kilned malt, giving the beer a red colour.
A red variety of an animal, such as a red kangaroo or a red squirrel.
A redshank.
An American Indian.
The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
A red light (a traffic signal)
Red lemonade
One of the three color charges for quarks.
Chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
The redfish or red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, a fish with reddish fins and scales.
Tomato ketchup.

redbrown
Alternative form of red-brown.

redder
comparative form of red: more red

reddest
superlative form of red: most red

reddish
Somewhat red.

reddy
Somewhat red in colour.

redless
Without the colour red.

redlink
Alternative form of red link.

redlinks
plural of redlink

reds
plural of red

redtape
Archaic form of red tape.

redwater
Alternative spelling of red water (disease of cattle).

rhodochrous
Of a pink or rose color.

roon
A shred or remnant (usually of cloth).

rosepetal
Alternative spelling of rose petal.

rosepetals
plural of rosepetal

rosier
comparative form of rosy: more rosy

rosiers
plural of rosier

rosiest
superlative form of rosy: most rosy

rosy
Rose-coloured.
Of any reddish hue from bright pink to the color of ruddy cheeks in a light-skinned person.
Otherwise resembling a rose, as for example in scent of perfume.
Optimistic.

rouge
Of a reddish pink colour.

rubi
Alternative form of ruby (“pronunciation guide for Chinese or Japanese characters”).

rubican
Colored mostly red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or grey especially on the flanks.

rubied
simple past and past participle of ruby

rubine
A reddish aniline dye.
A ruby.

rubines
plural of rubine

rubric
A heading in a book highlighted in red.
A title of a category or a class.
The directions for a religious service, formerly printed in red letters.
An established rule or custom; a guideline.
A statement of intent.
A set of explanatory notes or rules at the beginning of an exam paper, usually typographically distinct from the rest of the paper.
A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
A flourish after a signature.
Red ochre.

rubrick
Obsolete form of rubric.

rubricks
plural of rubrick

ruby
A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
A deep red colour.
The tincture red or gules.
A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese characters.
A red spinel.

ruddier
comparative form of ruddy: more ruddy

ruddiest
superlative form of ruddy: most ruddy

ruddy
Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
Robust and vigorous, like a person with a red complexion (as compared to a pale one).
A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

rufobrunneous
Of a dark reddish-brown colour.

rufoferruginous
Of a rusty red colour.

rufofulvous
Of a reddish-tawny colour.

rufous
of a reddish colour

rufouses
plural of rufous

russet
A reddish-brown color.
A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.
A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.

russeted
Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russet.

russetish
Somewhat russet in colour.

russetlike
Resembling or characteristic of a russet potato.

russets
plural of russet

russetted
Alternative form of russeted.

russety
Of a russet colour.

rustier
comparative form of rusty: more rusty

rustiest
superlative form of rusty: most rusty

rusty
Marked or corroded by rust.
Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
Affected with the fungal plant disease called rust.

rustyguts
Alternative form of rusty guts.

rutilant
Shining or glowing with a red colour or light.

sabled
black or sable in colour

sabler
comparative form of sable: more sable

sablest
superlative form of sable: most sable

saffire
Obsolete form of sapphire.

saffires
plural of saffire

saffroned
Colored or flavored with or like saffron.

saffronlike
Characteristic of or resembling saffron.

saffrony
Resembling saffron, especially in having a yellowish color.

sallower
comparative form of sallow: more sallow

sallowest
superlative form of sallow: most sallow

salmonish
Approaching the colour of cooked salmon; somewhat salmon-coloured.
Resembling a salmon in shape, appearance, etc.

salmonlike
Resembling salmon (the fish or its meat) or some aspect of it.

salmony
Resembling salmon or some aspect of it.