Puce Color French Flea Pyoos Noun Dark Red

A dark red or brownish purple color.

adjective

Of this color.

[From French puce (flea), from Latin pulex (flea). Earliest documented use: 1778. Other terms coined after the flea are flea market, a direct translation of French marché aux puces and ukulele (from Hawaiian, literally leaping flea, perhaps from the rapid motion of the fingers in playing it).]

"An increasingly puce Mr Farage complained about Britain's loss of sovereignty." - The Third Man; The Economist (London, UK); Mar 29, 2014.