• 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 Two, 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

• 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 tell announce that the game has been cancelled, she comes out with an enormous purple megaphone.
• Filch's Kwikspell letter is purple.

• 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."

• 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 wizads 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 sit 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 notices that it was very stormy looking, and the clouds were black and purple.
• The words the Omniocular's 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 facing 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.

• 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 now 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-coloured 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.

• Vernon Dursley is wearing a puce dressing gown when he opens the door to Dumbledore
• Horace Slughorn first appears wearing lilac silk pajamas
• 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 as described by the textbook.
• Hermione's Draught of Living Death is a deep shade of purple.
• The merpeople have purplish hair
• What appears to be Dumbledore is wrapped in purple velvet with golden stars

• 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.

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