Color Names

Purple Basil

Dried basil, its purple gone to brown, like the bottom of a forgotten herb jar.

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Purple Basil is a warm brown, close to purple.

It can be described as warm, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Purple Basil

Purple ruffles basil

Purple ruffles basil is a cultivar of Ocimum basilicum. The dark purple leaves are used in pesto or as a garnish. This attractive basil variety has won multiple awards for its beauty, flavor and ease of cultivation, including the Mississippi Medallion and All-American Selection awards. This variety of purple leaf basil is characterized by its deep ruffles and decorative serrated leaf margins.

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Basil

Basil, also called great basil, is a culinary herb of the family Lamiaceae (mints). It is a tender plant and is used in cuisines worldwide. In Western cuisine, the generic term "basil" refers to the variety also known as Genovese basil or sweet basil. Basil is native to tropical and subtopical Asia and Australasia from India and Sri Lanka east to southeastern China, Taiwan, and south through Southeast Asia, the Philippines, New Guinea, to northern Australia. In temperate climates basil is treated as an annual plant, but it can be grown as a short-lived perennial or biennial in warmer horticultural zones with tropical or Mediterranean climates.

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Purple

Purple is a color similar in appearance to violet light. In the RYB color model historically used in the arts, purple is a secondary color created by combining red and blue pigments. In the CMYK color model used in modern printing, purple is made by combining magenta pigment with cyan pigment, black pigment, or both. In the RGB color model used in computer and television screens, purple is created by mixing red and blue light in order to create colors that appear similar to violet light. According to color theory, purple is considered a cool color.

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purple

Noun

  1. A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
  2. Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.

Adjective

  1. Of a purple hue.
  2. Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support.
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basil

Noun

  1. A plant (Ocimum basilicum).
  2. The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

Noun

  1. The angle to which a joiner's tool is ground away.
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