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9->''"This is ''my'' apartment and I ''like'' it! This is a '''girls[='=]''' apartment! That [Chandler and Joey's] is a boys' apartment! It's dirty and it smells! This is '''pretty'''! It's so pretty! And look, it... and it's '''purple'''!"''
10-->-- '''Rachel Green''' (voicing her refusal to leave Monica's apartment), ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "The One With the Embryos"
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12A lady wearing [[purple:purple]] as a sign of her femininity, whether she is girly and sweet, or graceful and mature.
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14For millennia, purple was the traditional colour of nobility because it was one of the most difficult (and [[ConspicuousConsumption thus expensive]]) colours to make with naturally occurring dyes. In fact, the Romans went so far as to make it a crime for anyone not of the nobility to wear purple in public, cementing its status in many cultures as the colour of TheBeautifulElite. This changed some time after the UsefulNotes/IndustrialRevolution kicked into high gear, when synthetic dyes became the norm rather than the exception -- as it so happens, one of the first colors made by coal-based dyes was mauve. So formerly expensive purple dye was now just as affordable as any other colour, and thus lost much of its association with wealth.
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16Then as colours began to take on their [[PinkGirlBlueBoy now-familiar gender connotations]], purple found itself increasingly on the feminine side of the gender divide because it was considered a [[PinkMeansFeminine pinker]] version of [[TrueBlueFemininity blue]]. This trope is thus a merger of two associations: purple with nobility, and purple with femininity. Due to the historical significance of violets and lavenders in LGBTQ+ circles, purple can also be [[QueerColors associated with lesbianism]].
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18This colour is fairly common to see on a young girl, elderly and sophisticated matron, SpiritedYoungLady, or princess (even if PrincessesPreferPink). Expect the Dark Feminine in a LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine pair to have deep purple colors as part of their color palette, in [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack lieu of strictly black]].
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20Now even though this colour can be worn by girls of any age, older feminine women are more likely to wear this colour long after a girl who wore pink grew out of that colour.
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22This also tends to be a popular colour among blondes as the yellow/gold of the hair and the purple of the dress [[YellowPurpleContrast complement each other]].
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24'''Just being a woman in purple isn't enough. It has to be a clearly feminine lady.'''
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26A SisterTrope to PinkMeansFeminine (and can overlap with colours like fuchsia), TrueBlueFemininity.
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28Compare PrincessPhase, WinterRoyalLady, ProperLady, PrincessClassic, PrincessesPreferPink, PurpleIsPowerful (and can overlap with some {{Action Girl}}s).
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31!!Examples:
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35[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
36* Noelle Silva from ''Manga/BlackClover''. She wears a short purple dress under her blazer and purple stud earrings, and is an aloof, feminine young lady from a noble family.
37* ''Manga/CatsEye'': Rui Kisugi is the most elegant of the three sisters, and wears a dark purple catsuit during heists.
38* The Imperial Princesses in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' wear a lot of purple, as do their brothers, some of whom, like Lelouch, are quite feminine (and he also wears a purple dress at [[ItMakesSenseInContext his school's]] [[AttractiveBentGender crossdressing festival]]). The two oldest princesses, Cornelia and Guinevere, have purple hair as well.
39* Renamon from ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' has purple as part of her color motif. After yellow it's the second most prominent color of her design and showcases her mature, feminine side.
40* ''Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose'': Countess Françoise de Gourmont wears a lot of purple clothing, primarily her gown and dress. Her hair also happens to be purple.
41* ''Anime/IsabelleOfParis'': Geneviève is the daughter of the Laustins, a family of wealthy Parisian Bourgeoisie land owners. She is graceful, feminine, a skilled pianist and AlwaysSomeoneBetter to the titular Isabelle. Isabelle's envy of her is apparent and in the first episode she turns into a major [[TheKlutz klutz]] while trying to show off to her. Geneviève has lavender-violet hair and primarily wears dark purple clothing.
42* ''Anime/KatriGirlOfTheMeadows'': Lotte Kuusela is the wife of [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne war]] veteran Carlo Kuusela, lives in a BigFancyHouse, and is SpoiledSweet. She wears a blue blouse and a purple skirt.
43* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
44** Yuri Tsukikage/Cure Moonlight from ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' has purple hair in both forms and a violet-accented Cure outfit, and is a LadyOfWar admired by her teammates for her elegance.
45** Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword of ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' is one of the more girly members of the team, being a famous idol and actress, and has a very purple Cure outfit.
46** Riko Izayoi/Cure Magical of ''Anime/MahoGirlsPrecure'', the studious witch who wants to be a teacher, is dressed head-to-toe in purple regardless of what form she's in.
47** Yukari Kotozume/Cure Macaron from ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'' has purple hair in both forms and wears a mostly purple Cure outfit, and she is an elegant, mature Cure, who also serves as the catlike GirlyGirl to the doglike tomboy Akira.
48** [[spoiler:Asumi Fuurin/Cure Earth]] of ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'', who is waifish and elegant, has purple eyes, and gets purple hair and a purple dress as a Cure.
49* [[YamatoNadeshiko Hinata Hyuga]] in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', heiress to the Hyuga clan and user of the Gentle Fist, which relies on speed and grace rather than power. Her signature colour also happens to be purple/lavender.
50* ''Manga/OnePiece'': During the Marinford Arc, [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Boa Hancock]] wore a purple dress and purple high heel pumps. Overlaps with PurpleIsPowerful because of how strong she is.
51* In ''Manga/{{Patalliro}}'', Etrange is a reigning king's mother and a ProperLady. In anime version, she wears purple clothes, has purple hair and purple eyes.
52* While Anthy Himemiya of ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', the Rose Bride, generally wears a red dress (or white in the movie), her hair is purple, and purple itself is a symbol for royalty and, appropriately, magic and mystery (both which make up Anthy's mystique and outer personality). Most of her outside artwork, namely monochrome drawings, utilize purple.
53* A few of UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette's dresses in ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' are purple in the anime.
54* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
55** Hotaru Tomoe/Sailor Saturn has purple as her main outfit colour, and she's a kind and demure young girl. However, her powers as an ApocalypseMaiden make her fit PurpleIsPowerful more than this.
56** Rei Hino has purple hair in most manga illustrations, [[Anime/SailorMoonCrystal Crystal]] and in the latest ''Theatre/SeraMyu''. In those three incarnations she is a graceful [[TheOjou Ojou]] and her femininity is part of her characterization, especially when contrasted to Minako's spunky and ditzy personality (They pretty much play TomboyAndGirlyGirl in the manga). Bonus point for having purple as her secondary colour and purple eyes as well.
57* Princess Elizabeth of ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'' wears a purple waitress uniform as her standard outfit.
58* ''Anime/TheSecretGarden'': Mr. and Mrs. Lennox are wealthy English people that live luxurious lives in British India, and both wear purple clothes. They like to engage in parties and neglect their daughter Mary.
59* Sylphiel Nels Lahda of ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' wears a mostly purple outfit, fitting for her [[ProperLady proper, polite and demure]] behavior.
60* Madoka Kaguya/Cure Selene of ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure'' is a talented, serene lady who always wears a lot of purple regardless of form.
61* The beautiful gravekeeper Scar from ''Literature/SundayWithoutGod'' is polite, soft-spoken, and purple is her main color, and it's not just her clothes that are purple, but also her hair and eyes.
62* Ayeka of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' has purple hair and is a proper princess. However, it's slightly cheating, since [[spoiler:WordOfGod states that her hair is actually blue and she altered it to be purple in order to attract her half-brother/fiance Yosho.]]
63* Zakuro Fujiwara in ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'', a mature, refined model, has a purple-colored Mew Mew outfit (and purple hair to match).
64* Sango Suzumura/Cure Coral of ''Anime/TropicalRougePrettyCure'' is the most feminine in the team, and always wears a ton of purple.
65* Rinne Berlinetta from ''Anime/VividStrike'', an [[TheOjou Ojou]] (via adoption) and both her casual outfit and Barrier Jacket heavily feature purple.
66* Roxana of ''Literature/TheWayToProtectTheFemaleLeadsOlderBrother'' is an aloof aristocratic beauty and she wears almost exclusively purple dresses post-timeskip. Bonus points for being blonde.
67* Angel Salvia in ''Manga/WeddingPeach'' wears purple both in her {{Simple| Yet Opulent}} FairytaleWeddingDress and her MiniDressOfPower.
68* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': Mai Valentine wears purple in all of her outfits.
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72* ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}'': The second Hawkeye, [[Characters/MarvelComicsKateBishop Kate Bishop]], is a LadyOfWar who combines mad fighting and archery skills with [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak frequently donning dresses]], and all of her hero costumes are purple.
73* ''ComicBook/RelativeHeroes'': Allure had her feminine traits supernaturally enhanced as an infant when her mother made a deal with the Greek god Eryx and wears a pastel purple dress when acting as a superhero.
74* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': [[Characters/TeenTitansStarfire Starfire]] is a beautiful alien princess who wears purple outfits.
75* ''ComicBook/{{WITCH}}'': All the girls had purple as one of the colors of their costume (the other was turquoise). Seems to be a color they consciously use to portray the magical female characters in, since Orube, Elyon and Nerissa also had purple as part of their designs (or wore purple clothes at one point).
76* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Vol. 2]]: Hippolyta, the graceful queen of the Amazons, usually wears purple. Even her armor is decked in purple, with the undergarments, [[LadyLegionnaireWear pteruges]], and crest all in the color.
77* ''ComicBook/XMen'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsPsylocke Psylocke]] is a former supermodel, whose motifs are butterflies, and is often depicted as a elegant LadyOfWar in a purple leotard, although for a time she fit PurpleIsPowerful more than this trope.
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81* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Violet Gray wears a purple dress in the Kaboom comics and [[WesternAnimation/ThePeanutsMovie the movie]].
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84[[folder:Eastern European Animation]]
85* ''Animation/MashaAndTheBear'': Masha most often wears a purple traditional Russian dress, a purple head scarf and purple sneakers. It all underlines her girliness.
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88[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
89* ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'': Miss Kitty wears a dark purple dress throughout the film, with matching feathers in her hair.
90* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}},'' the Dowager Empress Marie generally wears the color purple.
91* Franchise/{{Barbie}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} movies]]:
92** In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'', Princess Ashlyn, the eldest daughter and heir to the throne, wears a violet gown.
93** Luciana in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsTheIslandPrincess'' wears a purple dress.
94** In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAChristmasCarol'', Eden wears a purple nightgown and SleepMask, while Catherine in [[BadFuture a possible future]] wears a purple dress as an EvilCostumeSwitch (her present dress is pink and white).
95* In ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife,'' Princess Atta, Dot, and the Queen are all purple ants and Gypsy is a purple gypsy moth.
96* ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'': Sheeta wears a dark purple dress at the start of the film.
97* A lot of heroines from Disney wear purple:
98** In ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland,'' Alice's ProperLady older sister wears a dark purple dress, with a matching bonnet.
99** In ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan,'' Mrs. Darling, a loving and caring mother, wears a beautiful lilac dress. Her daughter even tells her how lovely she looks in it.
100** Shanti from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook2''.
101** Bianca from ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers'' dons purple often, including in her IconicOutfit with the bow.
102** ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'''s Eilonwy wears a dress that is a mixture of purple, pink, and white.
103** Ariel of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' wears a purple {{seashell bra}} as a mermaid, and in ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea'', she wears a purple PimpedOutDress.
104** In a lot of TheMerch, Jasmine from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' is shown wearing the purple dress she wears towards the end of the movie, rather than her usual blue outfit.
105** Esmeralda from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' has a predominant scheme of white, teal, gold, and purple--with purple standing out the most as the colour of her skirt.
106** Meg from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' has purple eyes and a lavender dress.
107** Jane from ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverLand'' is a mature, somewhat [[BritishStuffiness stuffy]] little girl who [[CharacterDevelopment needs to learn]] how to act like a child again, and her main outfit is purple and lavender.
108** One of WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'s outfits in ''WesternAnimation/MulanII''. Princess Ting-Ting, the eldest of the Emperor's daughters, also wears a purple dress.
109** Rapunzel of ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' wears a purple and lavender dress that [[YellowPurpleContrast complements]] her really long, blonde hair. In this case it's something of a plot point, as purple is one of the colors of her kingdom and she's also been subconsciously painting her room that color for years. So her preference for purple dresses is another clue that helps her work out that she's the lost princess.
110** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', Queen Elsa wears a purple [[PimpedOutCape cape]] as part of her [[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning coronation]] [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia regalia]]. Her sister Anna ends up wearing a magenta cape for most of the story. Their mother Iduna wears an amethyst-purple coloured dress. ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' also features Elsa wearing a dark purple nightgown early on.
111** Asha from ''WesternAnimation/Wish2023'' wears a light purple dress with pink and blue highlights.
112* ''Film/TheIncredibleMrLimpet'': Ladyfish is a very graceful, feminine purple fish.
113* ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'': Kiki wears a purple dress throughout the film.
114* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'', the Lady Amalthea wears a gown of a lilac shade while she is a human.
115* Celia in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' is a slim, purple monster, and one of the most feminine ones in Monstropolis.
116* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'':Sibella is a purple vampire girl, who also wears a dark purple dress.
117* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNimh'': Theresa wears a light, purple dress throughout the film.
118* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': Angie is a pretty, purple fish.
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121[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
122* ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'': Jenna Rink wears quite a few feminine purple outfits and is quite a girly {{Fashionista}}.
123* ''Film/{{Annie|1982}}'': Lily St. Regis wears a stylish dark purple dress throughout the film.
124* ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'': Lorraine wears a few purple outfits for school.
125* ''Film/{{Beaches}}'': Hillary Whitney wears a lavender and white colored dress, when she is introduced at the beginning of the film as a child.
126* ''Film/BigBusiness1988'': Rose and Sadie Ratliff wear several purple dresses and are nice women out to save the jobs of their neighbors.
127* ''Literature/ColdMountain'': SouthernBelle Ada Munroe wears a few purple gowns, reflecting her privileged lifestyle.
128* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'': Gisele wears a slim, violet gown to the city's "Fairy Tale ball".
129* ''Film/{{Footloose}}'': GenkiGirl Rusty wears a lot of dark purple shirts and sweaters, and even wears a dark purple dress to the prom.
130* ''Film/FriedGreenTomatoes'': Ruth Jamison wears a few lilac dresses, which signifies that she's the more feminine character, [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl in contrast to her tomboyish counterpart, Idgie]].
131* ''Film/TheGoonies'': At the beginning of the film, Andy Carmichael wears a purple windbreaker jacket during cheerleading practice.
132* ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'': Anne wears a violet circus costume, and she is the most feminine of all the main performers.
133* ''Film/HocusPocus'': Sarah Sanderson's dress has a dark purple skirt and lavender bodice. Plus she wears a dark purple cloak with it.
134* ''Film/TheHouseWithAClockInItsWalls'': Florence Zimmerman is a well-poised and well-dressed widow [[spoiler:who is implied to have lost her husband and daughter in a Nazi concentration camp]]. Purple is her entire aesthetic, from her clothes to her house to her spellcasting.
135* ''Film/AKnightsTale'': Christiana wears a few purple robes. As Jocelyn's lady in waiting she would be expected to be quite ladylike herself.
136* In ''Film/LittleWomen2019'', ProperLady Meg wears a gorgeous violet gown when going to the Moffats; likewise, [[TheIngenue shy and sweet]] Beth wears a few lavender dresses as well.
137* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'': Arwen wears quite a few beautiful, purple dresses.
138* ''Film/{{Newsies}}'': Medda wears a violet gown, along with a matching hairpiece and fan, during the "My Lovey Dovey Baby" number.
139* ''Film/TheNutcrackerAndTheFourRealms'': Clara wears a light purple gown at the start of the film, when she attends the party- and when she first enters the magical realm. Likewise, the Sugar Plum Fairy wears an ornate purple gown, with matching eye makeup.
140* ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'': Padme wears a lot of purple gowns.
141* ''Film/Scream1996'': The more sympathetic and nervous girl from the BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults scene wears a purple sweater and has a purplish shade of lipstick.
142* 'Film/SixteenCandles'': Caroline, the popular girl, wears a lilac colored dress throughout the majority of the film.
143* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'': Anita wears a violet dress during the dance, and in the famous "America" number.
144* ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'': Mrs. Teavee is a prim woman who wears a lavender outfit when she and her son, Mike, take their tour of the chocolate factory.
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148* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Women only seem to wear purple for formal occasions.
149** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'': Madam Maxime typically wears black satin, but wears a flowing gown of lavender silk for the Yule Ball.
150** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'': There's also a pretty girl character [[MeaningfulName named]] Lavender Brown, although she's a SmittenTeenageGirl and TheDitz rather than a graceful lady.
151** ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'': Hermione Granger wears lilac for Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's wedding. It's presented as a SheCleansUpNicely moment too. "Graceful" wouldn't be a very apt description of Molly Weasley (a short and plump MamaBear), but she splurges on a brand new set amethyst robes for the occassion.
152* Literature/{{Aztec}}: A minor subplot. When Mixtli meets Zyanya and Beu Ribe, they are wearing blouses decorated with a "rich and permanent purple" dye. At that point, Mixtli explains that purple had been harvested from insects that lived on a certain crop and it could only be harvested once a year (and faded after numerous washings). Their [[DisappearedDad father]] had gone to find out the source of the permanent purple, which led Mixtli on the same quest, to better albeit bittersweet results. Much later [[spoiler: after Mixtli marries Zyanya]] he sells some of his stock to Tenochtitlan's elite, but his wife has more purple garments than even the Queen.
153* Played with in ''Literature/BetsyTacy'' high school years, where Fashionista, cook, dancer, and "excellent back lot football player" Tib has touches of purple in every piece of clothing she owns, all scented with lavender.
154* Scarlett and Tella's grandmother owned a gorgeous purple dress in ''Literature/{{Caraval}}.''
155* Hilda of ''Literature/HildaAndRichie'' is an anthropomorphic fox living in a luxurious mansion; she is shown through most of the story plus other artwork wearing an elegant purple dress complete with a purple hand fan.
156* The second ''Literature/PerfectlyPrincess'' is Isabel, the Purple Princess, a BlackAndNerdy girl aiming for first place at a school competition.
157* In ''{{Literature/Chrysanthemum}}'', Mrs. Twinkle, the music teacher everyone admires, wears a beautiful purple dress.
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160[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
161* ''Series/FourSquare'': The poetry presenters, Helen and Pay, both wear frilly purple outfits.
162* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Ambassador Delenn loves purple robes and wears them when handling interstellar crises or blowing bad guys up.
163* ''Series/Batman1966'': Batgirl's costume is a dark, sparkly blue-purple, but her Batcycle is definitely purple. And has FrillsOfJustice. No, ''[[https://www.66batmania.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/batgirl_cycle1.jpg really.]]''
164* ''Series/BreakingBad'': Walt's sister-in-law Marie Schrader has purple as her favourite color, always wearing at least one article of purple clothing in her outfits as well as owning multiple other items (blankets, kitchen appliances, furniture) in various shades of violet. Though she might not be exactly graceful due to [[GrayAndGrayMorality her occasional kleptomania]], and she starts wearing only black after [[spoiler:her husband Hank is murdered]].
165* ''Series/{{Bridgerton}}'': Lady Agatha Danbury and Kate Sharma are famously often seen in purple dress, reflecting their fearless and feisty traits.
166* ''Series/CobraKai'': Samantha [=LaRusso=] predominantly sports purple/maroon/red or blue patterned outfits. She tends to wears those colors whenever things are happening between [[StarCrossedLovers her and Miguel]], [[RedOniBlueOni blue being the color of Miyagi-Do (Samantha) and red being the color of Johnny's Cobra Kai/Eagle Fang (Miguel)]]. Their relationship is literally the glue between the dojos, and so her wardrobe colors are the mixture of these two colors.
167* ''Series/DoctorWho'': When Rose Tyler has her body stolen by the vain skin-flap Lady Cassandra, she quickly doffs her blue track jacket in favour of her purple-patterned blouse underneath. While certainly being more mature and graceful than Rose, Cassandra is a rather dark example. She is something akin to the [[FemmeFatale Femme Fatale archetype]] with some extreme-right white supremacist mixed in.
168* ''Series/DowntonAbbey'': Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham (played by Creator/MaggieSmith), is quite feminine (in a GrandeDame sort of way) and is hardly ever seen in any colour ''but'' purple except when in mourning or in her nightgown. Her daughter-in-law and granddaughters also favour the colour on occasion; in particular, from Series 4 onward, Lady Mary is fond of a muted purple/lavender (as that colour is acceptable in half-mourning, and in Series 4 she is a widow just recovering from the death of her husband Matthew).
169* ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'': The titular mother wears a purple sundress when first introduced to the audience. And when she finally meets Ted, she's wearing a purple dress under her raincoat.
170* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Grace de Pointe du Lac, an upper-class ProperLady, wears two different purple dresses in "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E1InThroesOfIncreasingWonder In Throes of Increasing Wonder...]]": the first is when she eats breakfast with her family, and the second is when she and Louis discuss their brother Paul while relaxing at the gazebo in their backyard.
171* In ''Series/TheLegendOfZhenHuan'', Shen Meizhuang is ladylike and wears purple.
172* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'':
173** Lady Morgana wears a lot of purple whilst she's living in Camelot's court. In fact, Morgana gets no less than ''four'' purple gowns, two of silk and two of velvet: [[http://oi47.tinypic.com/hv79xi.jpg one]], [[http://oi46.tinypic.com/riywya.jpg two]], [[http://oi46.tinypic.com/1114bk9.jpg three]], [[http://oi48.tinypic.com/10f3vx1.jpg four]].
174** When Guinevere is crowned queen, her coronation gown is purple. Additionally when she was still a servant, she had a few purple dresses too. Notably she started wearing more purple once she became Arthur's love interest.
175* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Princess Aurora]] wears a lavender gown. And overlapping with PurpleIsPowerful, Cora favours gowns with purple on them. On the flipside, Regina occasionally dons a purple gown when she's trying to differentiate herself from the Evil Queen persona.
176* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Deanna Troi often wears a purple uniform when she's not wearing teal or red.
177* ''Series/StrangerThings'': Nancy Wheeler wears a few light purple outfits, including a violet flannel dress when she serves as a chaperone at her brother's school dance.
178* ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'': Raven wears quite a few purple outfits in Season 1, being TheFashionista that she is.
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182* [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UBnHiVQsXec/T1eT8B1T0dI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/xuyOFMpmuQ8/s1600/jasmine+you+2.jpg Jasmine You]] of Music/{{Versailles}} took full advantage of this trope as part of [[WholesomeCrossdresser his]] [[VisualKei image]].
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185[[folder:Poetry]]
186* Jenny Jones has a [[SubvertedTrope different take]] on wearing purple in ''Warning''...
187-->''When I am an old woman I shall wear purple\
188With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.\
189And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves\
190And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.''
191:: And this poem was the inspiration for the [[http://www.redhatsociety.com/ Red Hat Society]], a social organization for women 50 and older, combining this trope with a playful touch of "Screw the (Fashion) Rules, I'm a Senior!".
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195* Wrestling/{{WWE}} Diva Wrestling/{{Ivory}}'s favourite colour was purple and nearly all her outfits were purple. She also had her trademark purple scarf which she carried to the ring with her. She often referred to herself as a lady, calling the rest of the Divas sluts and skanks.
196* Wrestling/AlexaBliss was initially colour-coded with [[TrueBlueFemininity blue]], but also had a set of purple outfits. She was portrayed as a CuteBruiser who loved everything sparkly. When she turned heel and dropped that gimmick, she switched to red.
197* Wrestling/TrishStratus in her 2002-2004 period - notably when she was trying to move away from her MsFanservice status - wore lots of variations of purple and blue on her gear. She never seemed to like pink, so purple was the most feminine colour she wore. And funnily enough, she teamed with Ivory a few times in this period.
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201* On ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', Miss Piggy is never seen without a pair of lavender HighClassGloves. She is the very definition of delicate, graceful femininity, and will punch out the lights of anyone who says otherwise.
202* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
203** Julia is a cute, quirky girly-girl, who is often shown wearing a violet jumper dress.
204** Ovejita is a ManicPixieDreamGirl lamb with lavender wool.
205* In ''Series/TipiTales'', Elizabeth, the most prim of the four kids, wears a lavender dress.
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209* Several outfits Franchise/{{Barbie}} has worn have been purple, as well as several characters in the DirectToVideo movies.
210* ''Lego Friends'', the girl-oriented spin-off of LEGO, has purple as its primary colour. Most of the sets are purple and [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]].
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214* ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'': Princess Schala of Zeal wears a purple robe.
215* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': Morrigan is a LadyOfBlackMagic who mostly wears [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack purple and black]]. Violet is often emphasized with her in official artist's depictions, as well as occasionally being the colour of her magic.
216* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
217** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'' has Say'ri, princess of [[{{Wutai}} Chon'Sin]]. She wears plum-coloured robes, which befit her [[AntiquatedLinguistics flowery manner of speech]] and [[LadyOfWar elegant]] fighting style.
218** Camilla from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates''. She has lilac hair with some purple in her outfit, and is a serene and elegant princess who, in contrast to her seductive and sultry demeanor, has many motherly qualities.
219* ''VideoGame/GalaxyAngel'': Forte Stollen is a zigzagged example. She has purple as her main color, but despite being the oldest and most mature of the Angels, she's also the least feminine, being a tomboy [[BoyishShortHair with short hair]] and [[GunNut a love for firearms]]. On the other hand, when she dresses up for the Fargo ball, she picks a purple dress that definitely fits for the "mature and elegant" type of beauty associated with this trope.
220* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'':
221** Lisa, the librarian of the Knights of Favonious, is a graceful witch who's default outfit is purple.
222** Ninggong, the de facto head of state of Liyue, as an alternate outfit of a purple gown.
223** Ei, the Raiden Shogun, is dressed head to toe in various shades of purple, befitting the Electro Archon as purple is the color associate with Electro.
224* ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy'''s Velvet wears purple as a sign of her maturity and haughtiness.
225* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'': [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Princess Aurora's]] normally blue (or pink) dress is coloured purple on her stained glass window.
226* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Some depictions of Princess Zelda show her in a purple dress. Especially notable is her appearance in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', where her regal purple, ivory, and gold outfit befit her status as [[TheHighQueen reigning monarch]] of Hyrule.
227* ''VideoGame/MindYourManors'': as an example in the fourth secret ending of the game, the hardest to reach. By successfully collecting the four hidden purple orbs, [[spoiler: the protagonist is prevented from fleeing the Mansion and is forcibly transformed in the new Madam of the Manor, sporting a gorgeous dress in various shades of purple.]]
228* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
229** Sindel is TheHighQueen of Edenia and wears purple outfits.
230** From ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeadlyAlliance Deadly Alliance]]'' to ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon Armageddon]]'', Kitana, Sindel's daughter, wore a purple LeotardOfPower.
231** Li Mei wears purple in all of her outfits and is a beautiful woman with an elegant fighting style.
232* ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series: Played straight by Purple Heart and Purple Sister, natch. Also Nepgear (the non-SuperMode Purple Sister) to a lesser extent. Subverted by Neptune (non-super Purple Heart), who wears the most actual purple in her outfit, but is a chronically unmotivated [[TheSlacker slacker]].
233* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Haru is a wealthy girl that dresses in a regal fashion, with her commenting on her "Beauty and Grace" in game. Her outfits and general aesthetic are purple.
234* ''VideoGame/RuneFactory4'': Lin Fa is a gentle, albeit clumsy and unlucky woman in a dress that combines this trope, alongside PinkMeansFeminine and TrueBlueFemininity.
235* ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'': Sumire wears purple as her main colour, in both her uniform and regular outfit. Although her "graceful" aspect is just as often overridden by her being the TeamPrimaDonna.
236* ''VideoGame/SongsOfWuxia'': Ling-ju, the GirlyBruiser martial artist player protagonist, wears a light purple dress, complete with flowing violet ribbons. No other characters in the game have purple as their attire.
237* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'': Blaze the Cat has light-purple fur and is a composed and mature princess from another dimension with a poised fighting style comprised of graceful spins and twirls.
238* ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'': Ivy Valentine wears purple dominatrix suits, and is a British Countess with quite the NoblewomansLaugh.
239* ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons2014'': Iris is a ProperLady whose elegant dress is predominantly purple.
240* ''Franchise/SuperMario'': There is viral video in every social media of Luigi saying that Princess Peach likes pink, and Princess Daisy likes purple. (Or as he says with his Italian accent, PORPOL!) We all probably thought Daisy's favorite color is orange before that video became viral.
241* ''Franchise/{{Tekken}}'': Alisa Bosconovitch wears a dress that is mostly purple.
242* ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'': Vental is dark purple, and according to the Tempedia, Lady Catherine of Properton popularised it among fashionable tamers.
243* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'': [[RealityWarper Yakumo Yukari]] wears purple dresses, and is one of the more elegant ladies in the series. Her name even means violet. Also overlaps with PurpleIsPowerful.
244* ''VideoGame/ToukenRanbu'': Juzumaru is a delicate, almost ethereal-looking LongHairedPrettyBoy who wears mostly purple.
245* ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'': Jaina Proudmoore wore a long hooded purple mantle decorated with runes in ''Warcraft III'', along with white clothing. By ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', she had switched that outfit for a more elegant purple and white robe befitting her status as the ruler of Theramore.
246* ''VideoGame/WildArms3'': [[ActionGirl Virginia]] wears a fuchsia PimpedOutDress.
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250* ''VisualNovel/CrimsonRafflesia'': Shirley Primer wears and is commonly associated with the colour purple, and she is the most feminine, graceful and soft-spoken girls of the cast.
251* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Purple is Kyouko Kirigiri's theme colour, and she's easily one of if not the most mature/intelligent of all the students. Some fans claim [[TheStoic her personality]] runs more in line with [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy a typical masculine role relative to the actual protagonist]], but in truth she's quite the GirlyGirl [[BeingPersonalIsntProfessional when it comes time to relax]].
252* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'': Yuri is widely regarded as the most graceful and mature member of the cast both in-universe and out, [[spoiler:even despite her issues with anxiety, self harm, and a psychotic obsession towards the player character]]. She also sports not only dark purple hair, [[CurtainsMatchTheWindows but violet eyes as well]].
253* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Ilyasviel von Einzbern wears a mostly-purple ensemble topped with a distinctive greatcoat. Being the child of an ancient and noble mage family, she presents herself as a proper lady, even introducing herself to the heroes with a curtsy before she sics her [[TheBerserker murdergiant of a Servant]] on them.
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257* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': Marzipan wears a purple dress... or her body is purple and just looks like a dress.
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261* ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'' features HRH Adharia Kuvoe -- a pink-furred blonde lion-taur whose uniform's colours are purple, lavender, and silver.
262* ''Webcomic/TheWeave'': TheProtagonist, Tally, has worn two different purple dresses for the larger part of the comic so far, and she's a sweet, quite feminine sort of girl.
263* ''Webcomic/YourThrone'': Medea is a cultured woman who wears elaborate purple gowns that match her purple hair and eyes.
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267* The Franchise/DisneyPrincess site offers several purple {{Pimped Out Dress}}es in the VirtualPaperDoll game.
268* Toki used to be drawn in a purple dress or in something that is purple, as can be seen here: [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/Lady-Toki-at-her-finest-285584418?q=gallery%3AAkaiChounokoe%2F34256865&qo=223]]. Also doubles metaphorically with PurpleIsPowerful, seeing that is she very wealthy and is seen of high status, being called "Lady Toki" or something of the like. Interestingly, it is also a ColorMotif, seeing the purple, besides being the color of royalty and materialism (in which wealth is associated), is also the color of insanity, fitting since she is mentally ill.
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272* ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'': Princess Calla often wears a lilac colored gown, which represents that she's a free-spirited young woman of royal status.
273* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' Jeanette is often clad in purple and his the most feminine of the Chipettes.
274* ''WesternAnimation/AnneOfGreenGablesTheAnimatedSeries'': Diana - who is more gentle and feminine, [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl in contrast to the tomboyish Anne]] - is often clad in a lavender dress, with a matching hair ribbon.
275* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': As both a child and an adult, Caitlyn wears purple garb that serves to emphasize her composure and elegance, as well as her noble lineage as the heir of House Kiramman.
276* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': Muffy Crosswire's signature outfit is a purple jumper dress, with matching hairbows.
277* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Yue, the princess of the Northern Water Tribe, wears purple, when all the other water tribes wear blue (although a play involving her portrays her [[PrincessesPreferPink wearing pink]]).
278* ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens'' brought us Tara Belle, who is the most ladylike of all the girls, and wears a lavender dress as her main attire.
279%%* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': Gadget often wears a lilac jumpsuit, with matching goggles.
280* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': Purple is one of the most common colours worn by WesternAnimation/DaisyDuck.
281** In ''WesternAnimation/MickeysChristmasCarol'', where she played Isabelle, her second outfit (including dress, {{parasol| of prettiness}}, and [[PrettyInMink fur cape]]) were shades of purple.
282* ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'': Princess Clara wears a simply purple frock.
283* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'': Trixie Tang, the most popular girl in school, wears a lilac sweater and matching headband.
284* ''WesternAnimation/FancyNancy'': Bree is often shown wearing a lilac dress, and has a lot of other outfits that are purple.
285* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': Purple is Pacifica Northwest's signature colour, and she is the daughter of the richest family in town, and is presented, at least at first, to be a stereotypical GirlyGirl.
286* ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' has Gaz, who is mostly an aversion of this trope; she has purple hair and reddish-purple tights/leggings, but she's tomboyish and gruff rather than feminine or delicate. However, she does sleep in [[PinkMeansFeminine pink]], winged footie pajamas and [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak sport a skirt with her regular attire in the comics (as well as a dress in the original show)]]. She's also been shown to possess otherworldly powers in situations where she's angry or determined. This series also gives us Tak, another character who's an aversion of the trope; her color motif is purple, though she's a DarkActionGirl who, like Gaz, isn't particularly feminine.
287* ''WesternAnimation/JayJayTheJetPlane'': Tracy is a feminine and kind-hearted violet jet plane.
288* ''WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms'': Shana is a feminine [[TheFashionista fashionista]] with purple hair, who wears a purple dress under her white jacket.
289* ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'': Valerie wears a purple vest and skirt as part of her street clothes. But nobody wears purple in space as the RockTrio’s space suits are all Yellow.
290* ''WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins'': June is a six year old ballet dancer who wears a purple dress.
291* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'': Pearl Pureheart, the main love interest of the titular hero, often wore a purple dress.
292* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': Inverted. [[CostumeEvolution In season one]], Layla wore a purple shirt underneath her overalls, as well as purple sneakers, but isn't all that feminine. She's instead an ActionMom.
293* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
294** Rarity, the most feminine main character, has a violet mane and tail, and even her white coat had slight lavender tint to it. Her choices in outfits for herself also tend to be biased towards purple and blue. She even wears purple ''[[HighlyVisibleNinja camouflage]]'' at one point, ''while dragon-watching'', which the others call her out on. She doesn't seem to mind.
295** Trixie usually wears a purple cape and hat.
296** Princess Cadance, while [[PrincessesPreferPink mostly pink]], has a lot of purple in her design. Of the established princesses, she's the one who mostly closely fits the PrincessClassic model, though she can fight when she has to.
297* ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'': Jelly is a purple otter. While she is mostly tomboyish in personality, at times she is shown to have a more feminine side.
298* The titular character from ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' wears a purple T-shirt every single day.
299%%* ''WesternAnimation/PrincessGwenevereAndTheJewelRiders'': Fallon wears purple and has purple hair.%%Graceful and a lady?
300* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Part of Lillian's dress is purple and she is definitely graceful, as she takes gymnastics classes.
301* ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'': The Ashleys have a tradition around this colour. When they first met in kindergarten, they were coincidentally all wearing purple, and every anniversary of that day is "Purple Day", where the girls only wear the colour purple. The episode which introduced this began with their leader, Ashley A., arriving late, but accidentally wearing yellow. She, for a brief moment, is kicked out of the club.
302* In ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' when Gem is auditioning for the role of [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet]] she wears a purple period gown. Notably when Sabrina plays the role, the dress she wears is pink. Also Aunt Hilda, the more feminine and fashionable of the two aunts, has a purple dress as her default outfit.
303* ''WesternAnimation/SagwaTheChineseSiameseCat'': Mama Miao wears a purple collar, which signifies her noble, matronly status as a mother cat in the magistrate's palace
304%%* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': Daphne almost always wears a purple outfit.
305* ''WesternAnimation/{{Seven Little Monsters}}'': Six wears a purple tutu and is the most feminine one of all the monsters.
306* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'': Princess Glimmer has purple in her outfit and lavender hair.
307* The titular character ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' wears a purple princess gown; even before she became a princess, she wore purple. She's also a GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak who loves cute animals and has a lot of traditionally feminine interests like sewing.
308* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': Sandy Cheeks normally wears a purple dress whenever she's inside her dome.
309* ''WesternAnimation/SymBionicTitan'': Princess Ilana wears a purple dress when she escapes Galaluna and lands on earth. [[UnlimitedWardrobe She doesn't wear it for the rest of the show.]]
310* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': Starfire in wears a purple top, mini skirt, and boots.
311* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'': Fifi La Fume is a purple skunk.
312** Babs wears a lilac ballgown in the prom episode.
313* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
314** Courtney, during the Fairytale Challenge of Season Two, is wearing a purple dress.
315** ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' has Josee of the Ice Dancers. Her partner even describes her as: "beauty, grace and strength."
316* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'': In the FairyTale episode, Jean was a Princess and wore purple and pink.
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320* Eleanor Roosevelt wore a lilac suit, on the day of her husband's inauguration in 1933.
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