purple vs color

purple and color both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
purple	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
color	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, color is a hypernym of purple; that is, color is a word with a broader meaning than purple:

Other hypernyms of purple include color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize.

As verbs, color is a hypernym of purple; that is, color is a word with a broader meaning than purple:

Other hypernyms of purple include colour, discolor, discolour.

purple (noun)	color (noun)
(Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes	a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect
a color between red and blue	the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
(in ancient Rome) position of imperial status	the timbre of a musical sound
	interest and variety and intensity
	an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
	(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
	any material used for its color

purple (adjective)	color (adjective)
of a color intermediate between red and blue	having or capable of producing colors
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
excessively elaborate or showily expressed

purple (verb)	color (verb)
color purple	add color to
become purple	change color, often in an undesired manner
	affect as in thought or feeling
	give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
	decorate with colors
	modify or bias