Definition of "reddish-violet" [reddish-violet]

• Of violet tinged with red (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "When cut open, corms of infected abaca exhibit reddish-violet color."
• "We perceive what are termed auroral plates of a purple or reddish-violet color, more or less extended, according as this species of veil, formed by icy particles, extends to a greater or less distance from the poles."
• "The whorled clusters of little, reddish-violet flowers form loose, interrupted spikes."