Adjective
1. of a color midway between red and blue
2. excessively elaborate or showily expressed;
"a writer of empurpled literature""many purple passages""speech embellished with classical quotations""an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"3. belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler;
"golden age of imperial splendor""purple tyrant""regal attire""treated with royal acclaim""the royal carriage of a stag's head"