Dark purple (6)

I believe the answer is:

claret

(Other definitions for claret that I've seen before include "Red wine from southern France" , "Deep red colour" , "Irish county starts the wine" , "Deep purplish-red" , "Dark purplish-red colour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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