Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A purple pigment prepared by precipitating alizarin in combination with a metallic oxid of aluminium and iron in the right proportion to give a purple. It is very permanent.

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  • adjective of black tinged with purple

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Examples

  • Best known as the purple-black background to many ancient American Indian drawings or petroglyphs in the southwestern United States, the varnish coats rocks in arid climates.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

  • Best known as the purple-black background to many ancient American Indian drawings or petroglyphs in the southwestern United States, the varnish coats rocks in arid climates.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

  • Celestial One: Gold wings, hair a cap of tight black curls, ebony skin etched with graceful, gold-inked glyphs, gold light fades from his eyes, revealing irises the dark purple-black of ripe plums; his full lips twist into a calculating smile; a purple kilt flecked with silver stars is double-belted at his muscular waist.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Those gorgeous purple-black clusters are a sure sign that fall is nigh.

    Laura Silverman: Flight Of The Concords: Grape Sorbet Laura Silverman 2010

  • Celestial One: Gold wings, hair a cap of tight black curls, ebony skin etched with graceful, gold-inked glyphs, gold light fades from his eyes, revealing irises the dark purple-black of ripe plums; his full lips twist into a calculating smile; a purple kilt flecked with silver stars is double-belted at his muscular waist.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Celestial One: Gold wings, hair a cap of tight black curls, ebony skin etched with graceful, gold-inked glyphs, gold light fades from his eyes, revealing irises the dark purple-black of ripe plums; his full lips twist into a calculating smile; a purple kilt flecked with silver stars is double-belted at his muscular waist.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

  • Those gorgeous purple-black clusters are a sure sign that fall is nigh.

    Laura Silverman: Flight Of The Concords: Grape Sorbet Laura Silverman 2010

  • In Cahors, however, it produced a deep, tannic purple-black wine that can be unapproachable in youth, but with time produces wines deep with flavors such as black cherry and ripe fruit.

    The Future of Malbec Will Lyons 2010

  • Approaching Sonoma, I see roadside fields of vines heavy with purple-black grapes, and through the town squat palms line the streets like upended joints, cartoonish and mocking.

    Boutique buds: What underground mom-and-pop growers did while we debated legalization Adrian Higgins 2010

  • Celestial One: Gold wings, hair a cap of tight black curls, ebony skin etched with graceful, gold-inked glyphs, gold light fades from his eyes, revealing irises the dark purple-black of ripe plums; his full lips twist into a calculating smile; a purple kilt flecked with silver stars is double-belted at his muscular waist.

    Etched in Bone Adrian Phoenix 2011

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