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Street Slang
K&B purple
· noun · nola
The unmistakable royal purple of the old NOLA drugstore chain — local shorthand for that exact shade.
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A specific deep royal purple, named for the Katz & Besthoff drugstore chain that drenched the city in it for most of the 20th century. New Orleanians use it the way other people say 'Tiffany blue' — a precise color reference everyone local instantly clocks.
“She painted the shutters K&B purple — bless her, that's a choice.”
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K&B purple In A Sentence
She painted the shutters K&B purple — bless her, that's a choice.
Origin & Usage
Katz & Besthoff, a New Orleans drugstore chain (1905–1997) that branded everything — bags, signage, house-brand products — in one specific royal purple. Even after Rite Aid bought them out, locals still call that shade K&B purple.
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