What is the difference between blue and purple?
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Of the colour blue.
(lb) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
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*:“Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue'-stocking and the fogy!—and yours ''are'' pale '''blue , Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling ''à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.”
Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
Pornographic or profane.
(lb) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented by the colour blue.
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(lb) Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.
(lb) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
(lb) Possessing a coat of fur that is a shade of gray.
(lb) Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
literary; bluestockinged.
* (William Makepeace Thackeray) (1811-1863)
(lb) Having a color charge of blue.
The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this.
A blue dye or pigment.
Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
Blue clothing
(in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
(slang) A member of law enforcement
The sky, literally or figuratively.
The ocean; deep waters.
Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 5 points.
Any of the blue-winged butterflies of the subfamily in the family Lycaenidae.
A bluefish.
(Australia, colloquial) An argument.
* 2008 , Cheryl Jorgensen, The Taint ,
* 2009 , John Gilfoyle, Remember Cannon Hill ,
* 2011 , Julietta Jameson, Me, Myself and Lord Byron ,
A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
(British) A type of firecracker.
(archaic) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
(ergative) To make or become blue.
(metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
(slang) To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
* 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 311:
A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
* Milton
Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
* Bible, Exodus xxvi. 1
(by extension) Imperial power, (because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings).
* Gibbon
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.29:
Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
* 2005 , Tipi Paul, Wanna Smoke?: The Adventures of a Storyteller ,
* 2010 , Mark Arax, West of the West ,
* 2011 , Danielle Santiago, Allure of the Game ,
(medicine) purpura
earcockle, a disease of wheat.
Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia'' (formerly ''Limenitis ).
A cardinalate.
Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state'', ''purple city .
*2010 , Hal K. Rothman, The Making of Modern Nevada , University of Nevada Press, ISBN 978-0-87417-826-5,
*:In the end, Nevada remained the quintessential purple' state. On the maps that television used to illustrate political trends, Republican states were red and Democratic blue. Nevada blended the colors. It had a bright blue core in the heart of Las Vegas, surrounded by a ' purple suburban belt. Most of the rest of the state was bright red, especially in the rural counties.
(label) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
Imperial; regal.
*(Percy Bysshe Shelley) (1792–1882)
*:Hide in the dust thy purple pride.
Blood-red; bloody.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:May such purple tears be alway shed.
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:I view a field of blood, / And Tiber rolling with a purple blood.
Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
To turn purple in colour.
* 1999 , David Edelstein, (In Nomine): Corporeal Player's Guide , Steve Jackson Games, ISBN 1-55634-389-2, page 8:
In lang=en terms the difference between blue and purple
is that blue is a member of law enforcement while purple is {{surname|from=Middle English}.As adjectives the difference between blue and purple
is that blue is of the colour blue while purple is having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.As nouns the difference between blue and purple
is that blue is the colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the visible spectrum, and one of the primary additive colours for transmitted light; the colour obtained by subtracting red and green from white light using magenta and cyan filters; or any colour resembling this while purple is a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.As verbs the difference between blue and purple
is that blue is to make or become blue while purple is to turn purple in colour.As proper nouns the difference between blue and purple
is that blue is {{surname|from=German}} An anglicization of German {{term|Blau|lang=de}} while Purple is {{surname|from=Middle English}.blue
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete) * (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- The ladies were very blue and well informed.
Antonyms
* (having blue as its colour) nonblue, unblueNoun
(en noun)- The boys in blue marched to the pipers.
- The ball came out of the blue and cracked his windshield.
- ''His request for leave came out of the blue .
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- If they had a blue between themselves, they kept it there, it never flowed out onto the streets to innocent people — like a lot of things that have been happenin? on the streets today.
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- On another occasion, there was a blue between Henry Daniels and Merv Wilson down at the pig sale. I don?t know what it was about, it only lasted a minute or so, but they shook hands when it was over and that was the end of it.
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- I was a bit disappointed. Was that it? No abuse like Lord Byron had endured? Not that I was wishing that upon myself. It was just that a blue between my parents, albeit a raging, foul, bile-spitting hate fest, was not exactly Charles Dickens.
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*Verb
- They was willing to blue the lot and have nothing left when they got home except debts on the never-never.
Derived terms
* antiblue * between the devil and the deep blue sea * bice blue * black and blue * blue baby * blue bag * Blue Bird * blue blood * blue book * blue box * blue cat * blue catfish * blue cheese * blue chip * blue circle rate * blue cod * blue cohosh * blue crab * blue curls * blue devils * blue duck * Blue Ensign * blue flag * blue flier * blue flu * blue fox * blue funk * blue gound * blue gouse * blue gum * blue heaven * blue heeler * blue helmet * blue heron * blue jay * blue jeans * blue john * blue law * blue line * blue list * Blue Mantle * blue mold * blue Monday * blue moon * blue movie * Blue Nile * blue note * blue ointment * blue pages * blue pencil * Blue Peter * blue pike * blue plate * blue point * blue racer * blue riband * Blue Ridge * blue rinse * blue runner * blue shark * blue sheep * blue spruce * blue state * blue streak * blue vitriol * blue wall of silence * blue water * blue whale * blue wren * blueback * blueback salmon * bluebeard * bluebeat * bluebell * blueberry * bluebill * bluebird * blue-black * blue-blooded * bluebonnet * bluebottle * blue-chip * bluecoat * blue-collar * bluecurls * blue-eyed boy * blue-eyed grass * blue-eyed Mar * blue-eyed soul * bluefin * bluefin tuna * bluefish * bluegill * bluegrass * blue-green alga * blueing * blueish * bluejacket * bluely * blueness * bluenose * blue-pencil * blue-plate * bluepoint * blueprint * blue-ribbon * bluerinse * blue-rinse * blues * blueshift * blue-sky * blue-sky law * bluesman * bluestem * bluestocking * bluestone * bluesy * bluet * blue-tile fever * bluetit * bluetongue * blue-water * blueweed * bluey * bluing * bluish * bluishness * blut tit * bolt from the blue * boys in blue * Cambridge blue * cobalt blue * code blue * Colorado blue spruce * common blue * Copenhagen blue * cordon bleu * cornflower blue * cry blue murder * Danish blue * dark blue * duck-egg blue * eggshell blue * electric-blue * genetian blue * go blue * half-blue * ice blue * in a blue funk * indigo blue * iron blue * Kerry blue terrier * light blue * methylene blue * midnight blue * navy blue * Nile blue * once in a blue moon * out of the blue * Oxford blue * peacock blue * petrol blue * powder blue * Prussian blue * pygmy blue * robin's-egg blue * royal blue * Russian blue * saxe blue * Saxon blue * scream blue murder * * sky blue * slate blue * steel blue * Tasmanian blue gum * the blues * true-blue * trypan blue * until one is blue in the face * Wedgwood blueSee also
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* 1000 English basic words ----purple
English
(wikipedia purple)Noun
(en noun)- Arraying with reflected purple and gold / The clouds that on his western throne attend.
- to put on the imperial purple
- Thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and purple , and scarlet.
- He was born in the purple .
- The immediate successors of Augustus indulged in appalling cruelties towards senators and towards possible competitors for the purple .
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- "Sure, some purple Owlsley."
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- “Purple' smoke is no joke. Especially when it is real '''purple'''. The smell, taste, and high is easily one of the best in the world. One bowl of some ' purple Kush, and I'm done for a couple of hours.
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- She preferred to smoke some good purple , but getting high wasn't an option.
- the banded purple
Adjective
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Antonyms
* (having purple as its colour) nonpurpleVerb
- The gang leader purpled and raised his gun.