Sitting next to her on one of the plush purple seats with red flecks was John Sutters, who was a little bit more skeptical than she.
BEIJING — Perhaps it was the latest bruise turning purple, or those final flecks of spit wiped away while walking off the court, or the curses echoing off the bleachers.
Certainly, the game is vibrant and exquisitely rendered; its vistas vary from humming desert lands to rolling green hills, flecked with purple flowers and wind-beaten crags.
And these -" she points to the biggest tablets, flecked with purple - "are an Indian 'erb called Goo Goo lipids, which are supposed to be good for cholesterol".
And in the warm weather, there are enough green meadows speckled and flecked with purple and yellow wildflowers to make this northern town seem downright lush.
If it takes a while to notice, it's because Mr. Scanlon and his team have created a seductive world that blends photorealistic details — the streets, buildings and vehicles look like ours, but different — with impressionistic swaths and hyperbolic character designs, using a palette that's heavy on purple and pink and flecked with orange, yellow and green.
The commonest variant has a dark reddish-violet or brownish-purple helmet and a pale-coloured labellum [ 26], but the helmet can also be green flecked with purple, dull rose outside and green within and with pale rose markings, greenish-white with pink veins, or reddish purple.
The other two walls are dark yellow with flecks of sage, purple and antique gold.
It has startling mountain views, a vast forest flecked with red and purple flowers, and an abundance of birds, butterflies, wild pigs and leopards.
Depending on the layer, the drill brings up mudstones or siltstones in shades of purple, red and brown; some are flecked with gray or white carbonates, and occasionally squiggles that look like they could be fossilized tree roots, or streambed ripples.
