The flower's appearance suggested an open hand with purple fingers and a white spot where a palm might be.
Those purple fingers had become little more than markers of irony, anyway.
I think the Iraqi experiment, and the purple finger, didn't help anything.
The purple finger had initially been a symbol of pride in what was hoped to be Iraq's nascent democracy.
Rightly or wrongly, the purple finger has become a symbol of failure.
Return to Sender" with a big purple finger pointing right at me.
In moments the purple fingers stretched across the entire ceiling of the large hall.
I want to cast that ballot and have a purple finger to be proud of!
She smiled, and took his purple fingers in her own.
Less common than Reynaud's disease, are painless purple fingers or feet.