Plum-coloured

When partially dry, describe with a hair pencil, between the patches, broad veins of a mixture of dark blue and Venetian red; with a feather, passing over these veins, a broader, irregular tracing of a fainter, more plum-coloured hue, which may be formed of the remnants of the last-named colours, thinned, and a little lake added, with some additional fine veins in this colour.

One young lad casually tried on some bright clothes suitable for a Caribbean winter and another exchanged his jeans and sweatshirt for a white dinner jacket and plum-coloured trousers.

Rowland drove, because he liked driving, and the car was new: a plum-coloured Peugeot, sleek and fast.