bishop's violet 1

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A moderate reddish purple that is bluer, stronger, and slightly lighter than heliotrope and bluer and duller than eupatorium purple.

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

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