Purple was used in the color combinations for court attire, and in Yamashina school (a school of the dressing method of the formal attire in those days), for example, the attire's outside was medium purple and the liner was blue - or, the outside was purple and the liner was white.
重ねの色目にも採用されており、表が中紫で裏は青、あるいは表が紫で裏は白（山科流）。