Of the dark red or purple colour of the fruit of the black mulberry.

Of a dark reddish purple colour; dark reddish purple.

Of the colour mauve.

Somewhat mauve. Also modifying the names of other colours, as mauvish-blue, etc.

Designating a shade of purple associated with pontifical vestments. Cf. pontiff purple n. at pontiff, n. compounds 2. Now rare.

Consisting of or containing plums, having many plums; suggestive of or resembling a plum or plums, esp. in colour or flavour.

= plum-coloured adj. at compounds 1c.

Of the colour of a petunia. rare.

British. = palatinate purple n. adj. at compounds.