Color Names

Purple Velour

Plush purple fabric, soft as royalty's cloak.

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Purple Velour is a deep purple, close to plum.

It can be described as deep, rich, dark and dim.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Purple Velour

Velour

Velour, occasionally velours, is a plush, knitted fabric or textile similar to velvet or velveteen. It can be made from polyester, spandex, cotton, or a cotton-polyester blend. Velour is used in a wide variety of applications, including clothing and upholstery. Velour typically has a medium-length pile, shorter than velvet but longer than velveteen.

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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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velour

Noun

  1. A knit fabric similar to velvet, but usually somewhat coarser.
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