Which preposition to use with purple

of Occurrences 81%

In the morning everything is joyous and bright, the delicious purple of the dawn changes softly to daffodil yellow and white; while the sunbeams pouring through the passes between the peaks give a margin of gold to each of them.

with Occurrences 62%

Quite to the ground they were a deep brilliant purple with a bloom, contrasting with the still clear green leaves.

in Occurrences 45%

The leaves make beautiful masses of purple in the spring, and yellow in ripe autumn; while its acorns are eagerly gathered by Indians, squirrels, and woodpeckers.

to Occurrences 15%

But Elsie fairly danced with glee as she cried, "I will, I will; it's the very thing,royal purple to Royal Purple!"

on Occurrences 13%

They are commonly from fifteen to eighteen inches long, and three in diameter; green, shaded with dark purple on their sunward sides.

from Occurrences 8%

"And they took Jesus, and after they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him and put His own garments on Him and led Him out to crucify Him" (St. Mark, c. 15).

at Occurrences 6%

The flowers are numerous, and measure from two to three inches in diameter, their outer edges of a dark lilac, deepening to a rich purple at the centre, with a pale green convolute ribbing on the outside, the stem and leaf of the plant resembling the kennedya.

as Occurrences 6%

You are purple as a ghost!"

like Occurrences 6%

A good deal of nibbling had to be done before he got anything to eat, because the lower scales are barren, but when he had patiently worked his way up to the fertile ones he found two sweet nuts at the base of each, shaped like trimmed hams, and spotted purple like birds' eggs.

over Occurrences 4%

We left our friend Verty slowly going onward toward the western hills, under the golden autumn sunset, with drooping head and listless arms, thinking of Redbud and the events of the day, which now was going to its death in royal purple over the far horizon.

against Occurrences 4%

That evening when the fiery sun was sinking in its crimson glory, bathing the glassy sea with its blood-red light and causing the islands of Gorgona and Capraja to loom forth a deep purple against the distant horizon, I took a cab along the old sea-road to the port where, within the inner harbor, I found the Lola, one of the most magnificent private vessels I had ever seen.

into Occurrences 4%

The inner edge, where the light was bounded by the black disc of the Earth, shaded off much more quickly from dark reddish purple into absolute blackness.

by Occurrences 4%

Blue was followed by purple, purple by red.

under Occurrences 3%

The hilly lands to the north and south showed purple under the sky from among their forests, oak mingling with pine; and the four seas beat around our island with their white fringe of hovering gulls.

for Occurrences 2%

Greens in ready-tieds are good sellers for this time of the year, and put in some reds and purples for the teamsters.

above Occurrences 2%

The Gillikins favor the color purple above all others and are known to paint their homes, barns, and silos in this color.

beyond Occurrences 1%

The man thrust something at Adam's middle and said in a rasp, "Get your arms up!" Adam's face turned purple beyond the gleaming skull.

between Occurrences 1%

I also wore a cloak that was dark purple with two thin strips of dark-blue along the border and a row of large dark sapphires sewn along the purple between them; it hung down from my shoulders behind me.

beneath Occurrences 1%

The air was soft, that April day, and I thought of the summer calms; and with that rose long sheets of stillness, far out from any strand, purple beneath the noon; fields slipping close in-shore, emerald-backed and scaled with sunshine;

before Occurrences 1%

There was nothing left to fight for, to struggle after; the fog about me became red and purple before my straining eyes, and then slowly grew black; my muscles refused to respond to my will; I no longer swam, but floated so low in water the crest of the waves swept over my face.

towards Occurrences 1%

Coming down from the northern isles, they sighted the coast of Erin, the peaks of the northwestern mountains rising purple towards the clouds, with white seas foaming around them.

along Occurrences 1%

the sea, how implacably serene, how remorselessly beautiful; green along the shore, purple along the horizon!

across Occurrences 1%

The river ran, a broad highway of molten gold, into the flaming sky; the far-off mountains loomed purple across the marshes; belts of rich green, the river banks stood out on either side against the rose-hues of the rippling water; in front, as we forged steadily onward, hung the tropic night, dim and vast.

Which preposition to use with  purple