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MuggleNet | Oddities and Coincidences in the Harry Potter Series -- The Color Purple
The Color Purple
Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone
- At five o'clock, when Vernon leaves work, he bumps in to a man wearing violet (shade of purple) robes.
- Quirrell's turban is purple.
- Hagrid swishes his umbrella down and with a flash of violet light, Dudley sprouts a curly pig's tail
- In Ollivander's window, a single wand sits on a faded, purple pillow.
- Dumbledore wears a purple cloak.
- There's a girl in Harry's class named Lavender Brown. Lavender is a shade of purple.
- Harry sees enormous purple toads in the Magical Menagerie.
- Dedalus Diggle's robes are purple.
- Harry's letter from Hogwarts is sealed with purple wax.
- During the train ride to Hogwarts, the sky is described as being "dark purple."
- The fire engulfing Harry and Hermione in the room with the potions is purple.
- At the end of Chapter 2, Harry recalls "a tiny man in a violet hat bowing to him once while out shopping."
- Harry recalls "that a bald man in a very long, purple coat had actually shaken his hand in the street..." Thanks to Steph
Chamber of Secrets
- At Flourish and Blotts, Lockhart's photographer's camera emits purple smoke every time a picture is taken.
- At one point, Ron's broken wand emits purple bubbles.
- Lockhart's favorite color is lilac, a light shade of purple.
- Fudge is wearing purple boots.
- Lockhart wears plum-colored robes to the Dueling Club.
- "London was soon far behind, replaced by neat green fields that gave way in turn to wide, purplish moors."
- When Filch gets sick his nose turns "unusually" purple.
- Young Mandrakes are tufty little purplish green plants.
- Neville buys a pointed purple crystal, among other things, to protect him from the heir of Slytherin.
- When McGonagall comes out onto the Quidditch field to announce that the game has been cancelled, she comes out with an enormous purple megaphone.
- Filch's Kwikspell letter is purple.
Prisoner of Azkaban
- The sleeping bags the students slept in are purple.
- The Knight Bus is purple.
- Stan Shunpike is wearing a purple uniform.
- Lee Jordan uses a large, purple megaphone to commentate the game.
- As Harry, Ron, and Hermione leave Hagrid's hut, the sun was setting and the sky "turned to a clear, purple-tinged grey."
Goblet of Fire
- The letter Mrs. Weasley sent to The Dursleys was purple.
- After eating the Ton Tongue Toffee, Dudley's tongue swells and turns purple.
- Ron gives Dobby a pair of violet socks Mrs. Weasley had made for him.
- The bag that holds the miniature models of the dragons is purple.
- The programs at the Quidditch World Cup are purple.
- A lady in a portrait who hangs out with the Fat Lady is called Violet.
- Mr. Roberts is described as having deep purple shadows under his eyes.
- A group of haggard-looking Ministry wizards rushed past Ludo and the Weasleys, pointing at the distant evidence of some sort of magical fire that was sending violet sparks in the air.
- At the camp site, wizards in white long robes sat together roasting a rabbit over a blazing purple fire.
- When Harry looked at the ceiling that was enchanted to look like the sky outside, he noticed that it was very stormy looking, and the clouds were black and purple.
- The words the Omnioculars' commentary system uses are purple.
- The stairs are covered in a rich purple at the Quidditch World Cup stadium.
- The chairs in the Top Box of the Quidditch World Cup stadium are purple.
- Rita Skeeter wore a furry, purple-colored shirt.
- Rita Skeeter's photographer's camera emits purple smoke with every flash.
- Ron went purple when Fleur Delacour came to the Gryffindor table to borrow the bouillabaisse.
- The liquid that Madam Pomfrey pours on to Harry's cut after he faces the Horntail is purple.
- Cornelius Fudge is wearing a purple hat.
- Ludo Bagman wore a purple robe with yellow stars.
- One of the taps in the prefect bathroom gushes out purple bubbles.
- The Sleeping Potion Harry took after his encounter with Voldemort was purple.
Order of the Phoenix
- After Harry heard the loud crack while outside the Dursleys', two large purple hands reached through the open window and closed tightly around his throat.
- And then Aunt Petunia’s thin, horsey face appeared beside Uncle Vernon’s wide, purple one.
- Harry stepped into the shadow of a large lilac tree and waited for Dudley.
- Several more references to a purple Uncle Vernon: purple-faced, shouting, his fist still raised; the vein in his purple temple was throbbing worse than ever; Uncle Vernon seemed to be swelling, his great purple face stretching before Harry’s eyes;
...his massive purple face coming close to Harry’s ...
- Tonks was described as having short spiky hair that was a violent shade of violet.
- Dedalus Diggle dropped his violet-colored top hat.
- Mundungus rescued Ron from an ancient set of purple robes that had tried to strangle him.
- Fred and George invent 'puking pastilles' to sell to students - the orange half makes a student throw up to get out of class; the purple half restores them to good health after leaving the class.
- Mrs. Weasley wore a quilted purple dressing gown the morning of Harry's hearing.
- In the Ministry of Magic, Harry noticed several pale violet paper aeroplanes in the lift.
- Fudge turns a shade of magenta 'of which Uncle Vernon would have been proud.'
- Fudge also turns a slightly deeper shade of puce (which is a dark brownish shade of purple for those of you reaching for a dictionary).
- Mrs. Weasley places a pair of maroon socks on Ron's pile of clothes.
- Tonks wore a purple hat shaped like a pork pie while accompanying Harry to the Hogwarts Express.
- At the staff table, Dumbledore wore deep-purple robes scattered with silvery stars and a matching hat.
- Filch came wheezing into the room. There were purple patches on his sunken, veined cheeks.
- Dumbledore was wearing a magnificently embroidered purple and gold dressing gown over a snowy white nightshirt when Harry came to tell him about the snake biting Mr. Weasley.
- Gilderoy Lockhart was wearing a long lilac dressing gown in St. Mungo's.
- A dull purple flush was creeping up Neville's plump face when he unexpectedly met Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny in St. Mungo's.
- Again we meet the purple Knight Bus and Stan Shunpike in his purple uniform.
- Dolores Umbridge's face turned an ugly, patchy violet when she read Harry's interview in The Quibbler.
- Marietta Edgecombe's face was horribly disfigured by close-set purple pustules that spelled out ‘SNEAK’.
- One of the Fred and George's fireworks was a large, smoking, purple bat.
- Neville was turning steadily more purple while Crabbe overzealously restrained him in Umbridge's office.
- Neville had a large purple lump swelling above his right eye after escaping Umbridge's office.
- The sky was turned a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.
- A Death Eater struck Hermione with a streak of what looked like purple flame.
- Tonks was wearing a bright purple T-shirt bearing the legend, "The Weird Sisters".
- And once again, Uncle Vernon turned a deeper shade of puce, this time while glaring at Mr Weasley.
Half-Blood Prince
- The Ministry of Magic posts and distributes purple posters and leaflets with security advice and photographs of Death Eaters.
- Vernon Dursley is wearing a puce dressing gown when he opens the door to Dumbledore.
- Horace Slughorn first appears wearing lilac silk pajamas.
- Hermione ends up with a brilliantly purple black eye after an encounter with Fred and George's telescope.
- Fred and George's shop has a gigantic purple poster in one window with flashing yellow letters about 'U-NO-POO.'
- Ginny's new pygmy puff, Arnold, is purple.
- Dumbledore wears a 'flamboyantly cut suit of plum velvet' in his Pensieve memory of going to see Tom Riddle at the orphanage.
- A third-year girl delivers two scrolls of parchment tied with violet ribbon to Harry and Neville.
- Harry's Draught of Living Death turns the exact shade of lilac described by the textbook.
- Hermione's Draught of Living Death is a deep shade of purple.
- A great bang and a puff of purple smoke cleared to show that the Heads of House were able to reunite Susan Bones with her splinched leg.
- Mundungus was slowly turning purple after Harry pinned him against a wall by the throat for stealing Black family items.
- Ernie MacMillan invented his own potion, which had curdled and formed a purple dumpling at the bottom of his cauldron.
- The merpeople have purplish hair.
- What appears to be Dumbledore is wrapped in purple velvet with golden stars.
Other Purple References
- Many times throughout the books, characters (especially Vernon, Petunia, and Ron) are described as being purple in the face over something.
- JKR showed up to the movie premier in a purple dress.
- The Hebridean Black Dragon's eyes are purple.
- The Graphorn has purple horns.
- Pride of Portree -- a professional Quidditch team -- has purple robes.
Contributing to this section: Kat, sniff4scabbers, Jessica, Jesika, Hannah
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