Purple Red

She smeared her face with the purple-red juice of raspberries, all the while thinking how ripe she would appear to him when he arrived. ❋ MaryAnne Kolton (2011)

Dark, brooding, purple-red in summer, the leaves turn vivid crimson in autumn. ❋ Lia Leendertz (2010)

An hour later, my finger- and toenails had been painted a pale shade of pink called Seashell, and Janine was sporting Rum Raisin, a deep purple-red. ❋ Jennifer L. Lopez (2011)

Then Ruby levered the top off the Phez bottle, poured some of the fragrant purple-red juice into a glass, and added the coldest water she could get out of the tap. ❋ Joseph Wallace (2010)

After a moment, his face turned purple-red and his upper lip began to quiver. ❋ Stephen O’Connor (2010)

The red is pretty striking, it's actually almost a purple-red, and it has a very very very slight scent, almost a bit citrusy (like many orchids, at least I've found). ❋ Unknown (2008)

In a close election, one that is 51 Obama to 48 McCain, I don't see purple-red states that went heavily to Clinton in the primaries going to Obama. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also due to his religion, Virginia is in play, but I can't see any purple-red state going to Clinton. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Tears do not come, but I am in awe of the expansive horizon and beautiful twilight purple-red hues reflecting across the mountains and on clouds. ❋ Floreta (2009)

At the moment of this epiphany the clouds parted and a voice was heard on high saying, Remember how much fun it was to wear anime-babe purple-red hair to your ten year high school reunion? ❋ The_mercury (2007)

George Edwards's Natural History of Birds (1759) includes a Pompadore, a bird native to South America with purple-red plumage, but the origins of its name are similarly obscure. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Gurney's, a mail-order purveyor, is promoting a purple-red Brussels sprout called Falstaff. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The purple-red of set B is less purple than that of set A, the green more blue. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The color was almost black but shot with subtle flashes of a deep purple-red. ❋ Colleen McCullough (2007)

The only seedless ones they had were green I'm a purple-red grape person but I weighed flavor vs. convenience and convenience won. ❋ Etienne (2006)