The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word MAGENTA which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Purplish red crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MAGENTA | 46 % | 7 |
| CLARET | 13 % | 6 |
| CARMINE | 9 % | 7 |
| GRAPE | 7 % | 5 |
| CERISE | 6 % | 6 |
| PUCE | 6 % | 4 |
| OLDROSE | 6 % | 7 |
| WINE | 4 % | 4 |
| LAKE | 3 % | 4 |
| MUREX | 1 % | 5 |
Why may MAGENTA be the right solution?
MAGENTA is a purplish-red color commonly used in printing and art. It fits the description of being both purple and red, making it the right answer for "Purplish red."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Purplish red
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- reddish purple
- dark red
- purplish blue
- cherry red
- purpling
- purply
- bloodred
- purpled
- redness
- pinkish
- purpuric
- purple
Crossword Answer definitions
MAGENTA noun- A vibrant light purple, purplish-red, reddish-purple, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing.
- Having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result MAGENTA
- Purplish red
- Shade of red
- Hue in the T Mobile logo
- Purplish shade
- Color used in four-color processing
- Color complementing cyan, yellow, and black
- Plum relative
- Purplish hue
- Color in four-color printing
- Purple shade
More clues leading to the result CLARET
- Dry wine
- Bordeaux wine
- Red Bordeaux wine
- Red table wine
- Red Bordeaux
- Bordeaux, in Britain
- Red wine
- Bordeaux product
- Horace Rumpole's drink of choice
- Bordeaux
More clues leading to the result CARMINE
- Purplish red
- Vivid red
- Red hue
- Purplish-red
- Lipstick hue.
- Purplish-red.
- Purplish red.
- Tammany leader DeSapio.
- Tammany's De Sapio.
- Red pigment.
More clues leading to the result GRAPE
- Concord, e.g.
- Purple candy's flavor, ostensibly
- One of a bunch
- Muscat, for one
- Concord or seedless
- Wine base
- Potential raisin
- Barbera or charbono, e.g.
- Vintner's pick
- Concord or Catawba
More clues leading to the result CERISE
- Cherry hue
- Red shade
- Shade close to claret
- Very like a cherry
- Moderate red
- Red as a cherry
- Vivid purplish red
- Deep red
- Crayola color introduced in 1993
- Cherry color
More clues leading to the result PUCE
- Purplish red
- Color that means "flea" in French
- Purple hue
- Reddish brown color
- Shade of red that means "flea"
- Brownish purple
- Purple shade
- Purplish brown
- Brownish-purple
- Color akin to cranberry
More clues leading to the result OLDROSE
- Purplish-red
- Antique grayish-pink shade
- Grayish-pink color
- Purplish red
- Grayish-red shade
- Purplish red.
- Shade of red.
- Soft color.
- Decorator's color.
- Reddish color
More clues leading to the result WINE
- Drink with cheese
- Viticulturist's product
- Blush, for example
- Chardonnay, for one
- Fermented beverage
- With 39-Across, "Pardners, we got us some chablis!"? ("Got Money")
- Cellar stock
- Beaujolais, e.g.
- Jug ___
- Retsina, e.g.
More clues leading to the result LAKE
- Victoria or Louise
- George or Victoria
- Place for a cabin
- Pontchartrain or Superior
- Body of water
- Swimming spot
- Victoria, e.g.
- Camping site
- HOMES component
- Titicaca, e.g.