Color Names

Purple Sphinx

Dark, velvety purple, like the shadow of a lion's wings at dusk.

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Purple Sphinx is a dark purple.

It can be described as dark, dim, somber and gloomy.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Purple Sphinx

Sphinx

A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle.

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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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sphinx

Noun

  1. A creature with the head of a person and the body of an animal, commonly a lion.
  2. A person who keeps their thoughts and intentions secret; an enigmatic or impassive person.

Verb

  1. To decorate with sphinxes.
  2. To adopt the posture of the Sphinx.
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