no single word describes
a broader spectrum of colour
than the word that people use
when they talk of purple

orchid lavender fuchsia rose
amethyst grape violet mauve
tyrian purple indigo
burgundy plum mulberry puce

eggplant maroon pinkish blue
bluish red reddish blue reddish reddish blue
reddish reddish bluish reddish purple
and all the hues swaddling dusk