1860 18 Aug. 86/2 Going it like good fellows—bringing it out perfectly ripe, and brown and orange, crimson, and plum-red purple.
1929 31 Oct. 17/4 Sir Francis and Lady Towle, the latter in black, and Miss Towle, also in black, with a plum red felt hat.
1990 A. S. Byatt xv. 282 The staircase was very steep, polished and wooden, with a plum-red runner.