Funny thing : in French, the common word for the colours that English tend to call purple is “violet”, while the direct translation of purple, which is “pourpre” means a dark reddish purple closer to a dark version of what the English call “red violet”.
Funny thing : in French, the common word for the colours that English tend to call purple is “violet”, while the direct translation of purple, which is “pourpre” means a dark reddish purple closer to a dark version of what the English call “red violet”.
Enjoy confusion!