ColorCollectPurple scavenger hunt: 18 things to find
Purple is the color of both royalty and playgrounds — crowns and crayons. Bolder than violet, redder than indigo, it turns up on flowers, candy wrappers, and the occasional gloriously purple house.
18 purple things to find
A ready-made purple scavenger hunt list — every one of these is genuinely findable on an ordinary walk, in a shop, or around the house. Photograph each one you spot.
- Purple flowers — pansies, petunias, alliums
- A chocolate or sweet wrapper
- A purple bicycle, car, or house
- Aubergines at a market
- A child's backpack or umbrella
- Team colours on a jersey or a scarf
- Red cabbage cut in half
- A purple-branded phone or energy drink
- Lavender-scented cleaning products
- A yoga mat or gym equipment
- A bishop's or a choir's robes
- Purple sprouting broccoli
- A hair-dye box in a pharmacy
- A club stamp on the back of a hand
- Blackcurrant squash or cordial
- A purple front door, if you are lucky
- Beetroot juice or a beet salad
- Crocus or hyacinth in early spring
How to hunt purple
Purple is a confectionery and children's-product color as much as a regal one, so a supermarket aisle will fill a grid faster than a garden will. For the natural version, aubergines and red cabbage are far more purple than most "purple" flowers.
What purple gets confused with
Violet is bluer and softer, magenta is much louder and pinker. Purple is the balanced one — clearly both red and blue, with neither winning.
Full rules and more lists in the color scavenger hunt guide →
Hunt Purple with ColorCollect
Pick Purple, photograph the finds from the list above, and they snap into a montage you can save and share. Hunt solo, or share a 6-letter code and race your friends through the same list.
The Purple tonal scale
Not every purple find is the same purple. This is the 11-stop ramp from the palest to the deepest shade — useful for settling whether a find counts. Tap a swatch to copy its name.
Colors that go with Purple
Pairings computed from Purple's own hue — handy if you are setting a two-color hunt or planning a themed round. Tap to copy.
Frequently asked questions
What are some purple things to find?
Purple flowers — pansies, petunias, alliums, A chocolate or sweet wrapper, A purple bicycle, car, or house, Aubergines at a market, A child's backpack or umbrella — and 13 more on this page. Anything counts as long as the color matches; the argument about what counts is half the fun.
How do I find purple on a scavenger hunt?
Purple is a confectionery and children's-product color as much as a regal one, so a supermarket aisle will fill a grid faster than a garden will. For the natural version, aubergines and red cabbage are far more purple than most "purple" flowers.
What colors is purple confused with?
Violet is bluer and softer, magenta is much louder and pinker. Purple is the balanced one — clearly both red and blue, with neither winning.
Nearby colors to hunt
The closest hues to Purple — each with its own list of things to find.