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Noun: bishop's violet
  1. A moderate reddish purple that is bluer, stronger, and slightly lighter than heliotrope see heliotrope and bluer and duller than eupatorium purple.
    "He wrote that it turned 'the colour of bishop's violet' and that he would bear the signs of it for weeks.";
    - bishop's purple

Type of: reddish blue, violet

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