violet-coloured

Thân thiện

The artist mixes a violet-coloured paint on her palette.

Definition

Adjective: - Having a color that is violet; possessing the hue of a violet flower. This describes something that is colored in a shade between blue and purple, similar to the common violet flower.

Usage

• Used to describe the specific color of an object, material, or light.
• Typically placed before the noun it modifies (attributive position).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • She wore a beautiful, violet-coloured scarf to the party.
  • The sky at dusk sometimes turns a deep violet-coloured hue.
  • The artist mixed blue and red paint to create the perfect violet-coloured background.

Advanced Usage

• Can be used in comparative and superlative forms, though often phrased as "more violet-coloured" or "most violet-coloured."
  • Of all the fabrics, this one is the most violet-coloured.

Variants and Related Words

• Violet-colored (adj): The American English spelling variant.
• Violet (adj): A more common and concise synonym meaning "of a violet color."
• Purplish (adj): Having a color that is somewhat purple; a less specific, related term.
• Lavender (adj): Denoting a pale or light violet color.

Synonyms

• Violet
• Purple (a broader term that can encompass violet)
• Amethyst (specifically a moderate purple or violet color)
• Lilac (a pale violet color)

Antonyms

• Achromatic (colorless)
• Yellow (a color on the opposite side of the color wheel)
• Green (not directly opposite but a distinctly different hue)

Notes

• The hyphenated form "violet-coloured" is standard in British English. The compound adjective is used to avoid ambiguity and clearly link the color description to the noun.
• This is a descriptive adjective and is not commonly used in idioms or as part of phrasal verbs.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having a violet color

Từ đồng nghĩa

• violet-colored
• violet-flowered