a. [VIOLET sb.1 or a.] Having the blue or bluish-purple color of a violet.
1552. in Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., Var. Coll., IV. 221. The xlviij and other onneste men in violet collord gownes.
1653. H. Cogan, trans. Pinto’s Trav., lxxii. 253. Six or seven pieces of Violet coloured Damask.
1671. Woodhead, St. Teresa, II. 276. A longer Coffin in fashion of a Tomb was provided, which they covered with violet-coloured Silk.
1721. Mortimer, Husb. (ed. 5), II. 244. The Violet coloured Tulip striped with White.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl., s.v. Starwort, The broad-leaved paniculated aster with deep violet-coloured flowers.
1800. Herschel, in Phil. Trans., XC. 516. A violet-coloured glass … stops 955 rays of light.
1830. Mary Lovechild, Studies & Stories, 64. One, called the Janthina, has a violet-colored shell, and inhabits the seas of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., Org., vii. § 1. 447. The liquid … deposits beautiful violet-coloured prismatic crystals.
1886. Froude, Oceana, ii. 27. Looking round us and down into nothing but the violet-coloured ocean.
