purpling
Turning toward violet
Purpling describes the process of becoming purple or taking on a purple tinge.
It appears most often as a present participle: The sky was purpling as the sun set.
Skin purples when bruised, and certain plants purple in cold weather.
The term can also describe prose that is becoming overly ornate or emotionally excessive, from the phrase "purple prose."
Applying light color
- stainingApplying dye or pigment
- pigmentationNatural tissue coloring
- coloringAdding pigment to something
- fabricWoven or knit material
tie-dye · textile · vat · indigo · dip · saturation · hue · gradient
Becoming ready to eat
- grapesClustered vine fruit
- plumsFleshy stone fruits
- eggplantPurple edible nightshade fruit
- berriesSmall fleshy fruits
fruit · maturing · deepening · wine · harvest · vineyards · oxidizing · cabbage
Light after sunset
- sunsetDay yielding to darkness
- duskDimming after sundown
- eveningLate day period
- gloamingPoetic term for dusk
nightfall · afterglow · darkening · horizon · clouds · crepuscule · eventide · sundown
Altered surface pigmentation
- contusionTissue damage beneath skin
- hematomaBlood collected outside vessels
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- traumaLasting psychological wound
injury · tenderness · soreness · inflammation · healing · impact · blow · skin
Elaborately decorated
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
grandiose · extravagant · theatrical · exaggerated · verbose · flowery · embellished · overwritten
tinting
Applying light color
- stainingApplying dye or pigment
- pigmentationNatural tissue coloring
- coloringAdding pigment to something
fabric · tie-dye · textile · vat · indigo · dip · saturation · hue · gradient · immersion
ripening
Becoming ready to eat
berries · fruit · maturing · deepening · wine · harvest · vineyards · oxidizing · cabbage · figs
twilight
Light after sunset
gloaming · nightfall · afterglow · darkening · horizon · clouds · crepuscule · eventide · sundown · atmosphere
discoloration
Altered surface pigmentation
- contusionTissue damage beneath skin
- hematomaBlood collected outside vessels
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
trauma · injury · tenderness · soreness · inflammation · healing · impact · blow · skin · capillaries
ornate
Elaborately decorated
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
bombastic · grandiose · extravagant · theatrical · exaggerated · verbose · flowery · embellished · overwritten · dramatic