Tyrian purple

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye. not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    A deep purple dyestuff obtained from the bodies of mollusks of certain species of the family Muricidae, originally certain of those of the eastern Mediterranean, now also other species from elsewhere. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a vivid purplish-red color; in ancient Rome and Byzantium, it was the color worn by an emperor or senior magistrate wordnet
  3. 3
    A deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically wordnet

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