Hebrew word for purple?

Question

I'm trying to make a sign with lots of words for purple in different languages and would love to put Hebrew on it. Google tells me סָגוֹל is Hebrew for purple but I wanted to run it by actual humans. Is this correct? Is it a generic word or does it mean a certain shade? Is there anything else I should know about it to represent it correctly? (Ideally I'm looking for words for something like a true purple rather than violet or lavender.) Any advice would be much appreciated, thank you!!

Answer 1

Yes, סגול is the word used when referring to purple. It's used to describe pretty much any shade of purple, but if you did want to specify a particular hue like lavender, you would use the Hebrew equivalent of the English, לבנדר. In general tho, stick with סגול.