Meaning of plum-colored | Babel Free

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Of a dark bluish-red color, the color of some plums.

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“On hind legs, with threatening yellow fangs and matted belly fur in her face⟳, the bear⟳ swatted at her as if she were an insect. Gasping, nearly overcome⟳ from evading the swinging claws, she thrust the fork into the plum-colored mouth.”

“I found Patz’s car, a rusting plum-colored late-nineties Ford Probe whose description I remembered from Patz’s file⟳, among the details Paul Duffy had begun to gather.”

“It was easy to spot a man in a red jacket in among all the black. It was more plum-colored than red, she thought to herself, but she was relieved to find⟳ that its wearer had the appearance of a real gentleman, who obviously took great care with his dress.”

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