purpure

Plural: purpures

Noun

• The heraldic color purple, often represented by diagonal lines.
• A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.

Adj

• In blazon, of the colour purple.

Examples

• He used PURPURE as a word, feeling quite regal as he placed it on the board.

Related Words

argent, azure, bezant, bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée, copper, counter-ermine, counter-potent, counter-vair, d'eau, d'huile, d'olive, d'or, de larmes, de poix, de sang, ermine, ermines, erminois, fountain, golpe, gules, guze, hurt, murrey, ogress, or, orange, pean, pellet, plate, pomme, potent, sable, sanguine, syke: barry wavy argent–azure, tenné, torteau, vair, vert