purple cloth
Regal dyed textile
Purple cloth is fabric dyed in shades between red and blue.
Historically, purple dye was extraordinarily expensive—extracted from sea snails—so purple cloth became associated with royalty, wealth, and high office.
The emperor's purple cloth marked his supreme authority.
Today the term simply describes any fabric in that color range.
- velvetThick-pile textile
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- royalOf monarchs
- violetSmall five-petaled wildflower
- robeLong loose outer garment
dye · luxurious · draped · satin · plum · lavender · majestic · toga · damask · emperor · amethyst · rich · flowing · tapestry · brocade · tyrian · nobility · magenta
- penance symbolssackcloth, ashes, hair shirt, kneeling, prostration
- Tabernacleholy of holies, holy place, menorah, mercy seat, tabernacle