Plural of purple
regular plural
The plural of purple is purples.
Forms of purple
| Singular | purple /ˈpɜː.pl̩/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | purples |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Purples in a sentence
- City retailers are doing well with high-class radiums printed in bright greens, brilliant purples and strong yellows.1913 January 11, “[Dress Fabrics […]] Silks Moving Well: An Excellent Business Assured for the Coming Spring Season”, in Dry Goods…. From the entry radium
- There’s the mesmeric, thrumming beat. (Sound very much “on” for this one.) Dark purples and roiling seas under heavy storms.2023 March 18, Sam Anderson, “Weekend Warm-Up: Liquid Lines, Entrancing Tunes, Mesmerizing Moments in ‘MALIA’”, in Explorersweb. From the entry curler
- Shoots break from the earth, leaves unfurl auspiciously and peacockeries of colour—dashing golds, purples and whites—illuminate the grounds.1998, Des Kennedy, An Ecology of Enchantment, page 64. From the entry auspiciously
- She wore what was probably her best guesting robe, in crocusy blues and purples, and a leather belt chased with women’s chevrons.2021, Heather Osborne, Songbroken, Stanwood, Wash.: Forest Path Books, →ISBN. From the entry crocusy
- Quoad, a lady widowed long ago and since suffering a series of antiquated diseases—greensickness, tetter, kibes, purples, imposthumes and almonds in the ears, most recently a touch of scurvy.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow. From the entry tetter
Meaning of purple
- noun A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
- noun Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
- noun 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.
Questions about the plural of purple
- What is the plural of purple?
- The plural of purple is purples.
- Is purple countable?
- Purple is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: purple (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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