dahlia purple

noun

1

: a dark purplish red that is bluer and duller than pansy purple or Bokhara and redder and darker than raisin

2

of textiles : a deep purple that is redder and deeper than hyacinth violet, deeper than petunia violet, and bluer and stronger than imperial purple (see imperial purple sense 2)

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