Purple Christmas Trees: Shades, Sizes and How to Style One

You have already decided against green. Maybe the living room is gray and white, and a green tree looks like it wandered in from somebody else's house. Maybe purple is simply your color, and has been since you were nine. Either way, you searched for a purple Christmas tree and found a wall of photos, each one slightly different. Very little underneath them says how big the tree is, how purple it is in person, or what to hang on it.

So this guide sticks to the trees that exist in our catalog, with the numbers from their listings, and then gets practical about styling. If you are still weighing purple against pink, blue, black, or white, our guide to colored Christmas trees covers the whole range. This one is only about purple.

What Shades of Purple Christmas Trees Can You Actually Buy?

In our range, purple comes in two looks: a deep, saturated Fashion Purple with pale silvery tips, and a softer flocked purple where a white coating lightens the color. Those two cover most of what people mean when they search for a dark purple Christmas tree or a light purple Christmas tree.

Deep Fashion Purple

Fashion Purple trees have rich, dark purple needles with pale silvery-white tips. Up close, it reads as two-tone. From across the room, the darker body carries the color, and the pale tips catch the light, so the tree looks textured rather than flat.

This is the shade to choose if you want the tree to be unmistakably purple. In a room with white or pale gray walls, it is the focal point before you hang a single ornament.

Flocked Purple

The flocked purple tree starts with purple branches and adds a white flocked coating, which softens the color and brings it closer to lavender. It looks like purple seen through snow.

If "light purple" is what you have in your head, this is the closer match. It sits more easily in a room with pastel or neutral decor, and it is the gentler choice if a full purple tree feels like too much commitment for a shared living space.

Lavender, plum, and violet are names for points along that same spectrum rather than separate trees. Fashion Purple sits toward plum, flocked purple toward lavender, and your ornaments can push either one further.

Purple Christmas Tree Sizes, from Tabletop to Living Room

The current catalog includes five purple tree sizes: 3 ft, 4 ft, 4.5 ft, 6.5 ft, and 7.5 ft. The 6.5 ft Fashion Purple is the main living room tree. The 3 ft, 4 ft, and 4.5 ft trees are tabletop and small-room options, and the flocked purple runs from 4.5 ft to 7.5 ft in a slim pencil shape.

Here is every purple tree we sell, with specs from each live listing and weights from the catalog.

Tree	Height	Diameter	Lights	Branch tips	Weight
3 ft Pre-Lit Fashion Purple, burlap sac base	3 ft	19 in	50 clear incandescent	97	3.3 lb
4 ft Pre-Lit Fashion Purple Pine	4 ft	29 in	150 clear incandescent	196	6 lb
Flocked Purple Color Tree, 4.5 ft	4.5 ft	18 in	100 clear incandescent	not listed	7.9 lb
6.5 ft Pre-Lit Fashion Purple	6.5 ft	42 in	300 clear incandescent	836	14.5 lb
Flocked Purple Color Tree, 7.5 ft	7.5 ft	not listed	pre-lit, count not listed	not listed	12.8 lb

Height Includes the Stand

We measure the height of every Puleo tree with its stand, so a 6.5 ft tree is 6.5 ft standing on the floor. Only a topper adds to it. Measure your ceiling where the tree will go, and leave room for whatever you plan to put on top.

Diameter Matters More than Height in a Small Room

The 6.5 ft Fashion Purple is 42 inches across at its widest. The 7.5 ft flocked purple is taller but much narrower because it is built as a pencil tree. If floor space is tighter than ceiling height, that is a trade-off to consider, and our guide to pencil and slim Christmas trees covers it.

The Living Room Tree: 6.5 Ft Fashion Purple

If you want one purple tree as the main tree in the house, start with the 6.5 ft Pre-Lit Fashion Purple. It has 836 branch tips, 300 UL-listed clear incandescent lights already on the branches, hinged branches that fold down from the pole, and a steel stand. At 42 inches across, it has a full, classic silhouette, so it reads as a proper Christmas tree, just in purple. At around 14.5 lb, it is also easy to carry up from storage.

Small Purple Christmas Trees: 3 Ft, 4 Ft and 4.5 Ft

A small purple Christmas tree is often the smarter first purchase. It lets you try the color on a sideboard, in a bedroom, or in an office before you commit the main living room to it.

The 3 ft Fashion Purple sits in a burlap sack base, which gives it a potted, rustic look that works well on a console table or a wide windowsill. The 4 ft Fashion Purple Pine is the step up: 150 lights, 196 tips, and a 29-inch spread, enough presence to stand on the floor in a child's room or a dorm. The flocked purple 4.5 ft tree is the slimmest of the three, measuring 18 inches across.

For more on choosing this size in any color, see our guide to small pre-lit Christmas trees.

Pre-Lit Purple Trees: What the Lights Look Like

Every purple tree in our range comes pre-lit with clear incandescent lights, from 50 on the 3 ft tree to 300 on the 6.5 ft. Clear lights suit purple well because white light lets the needles' purple show through. A purple pre-lit Christmas tree with clear lights looks purple. With colored bulbs, the needles and the lights start competing.

The pre-lit design also saves the slowest part of putting up any tree. You connect the sections, fluff the branches, and plug it in, following the tree's instructions. The 3 ft and flocked listings note that if a single bulb goes out, the rest of the strand stays lit.

Pre-lit trees are also serviceable, which is a good reason to buy them from the people who made them. Puleo sells replacement bulbs, light sets, and stands for its own trees, and the replacement parts guide explains how to find the right part for your model. The 6.5 ft and 4 ft Fashion Purple listings also state a five-year warranty on the tree and a two-year warranty on the lights.

If You Searched for a Christmas Tree with Purple Lights

That is a different look, and it is worth separating the two. A purple tree with clear lights gives you purple branches with a warm glow. A green tree with purple lights gives you a traditional tree washed in violet light. Our purple trees are the first kind.

How to Style a Purple Christmas Tree

Pick one supporting color, one metal, and one texture, and let the purple do the rest. That is a guideline rather than a rule, but it is the quickest way to stop a colored tree from looking busy.

Ornament Palettes That Suit Purple

Purple and Silver

The safest and most elegant option, and it picks up the silvery tips on the Fashion Purple trees. Silver glass balls, mirrored ornaments, and clear crystal drops all work. This is the palette to choose if you want the tree to read as wintry.

Purple and Gold

Warmer and richer. Gold makes deep purple look regal and sits well with wood floors, brass fixtures, and warm lamplight. Keep the gold to one or two finishes, matte and shiny, rather than five.

Plum and Blush Pink

Soft, romantic, and good with the flocked purple, where the white coating already leans pastel. Add a few white ornaments and the tree reads as one gentle color story.

Purple and Teal or Peacock Blue

The bold choice. Jewel tones look deliberate together, especially in a room with dark walls or velvet furniture.

All Purple, Several Shades

A monochrome tree in violet, plum, and lavender ornaments looks considered with very little effort.

Ribbon

Ribbon is where you can add the texture. A wide velvet ribbon in a darker plum, run in loose vertical drops from the top, adds depth to the Fashion Purple. On the flocked purple, a silver or white sheer ribbon keeps the soft, snowy look intact.

Toppers

A topper adds height, so check the room above the tree before you buy one. A silver or gold star in the same metal as your ornaments is the easy answer. A large bow in your ribbon fabric is a good alternative on a smaller tree, and it ties the top to the rest of the decoration. On 3 ft and 4 ft trees, keep the topper light and in scale so it doesn't dwarf the tree.

Which Rooms Suit a Purple Tree?

Purple looks strongest against white, cream, gray, or deep charcoal walls. It can fight with busy patterns or strong warm colors like orange and red, so in a room full of reds, choose the flocked purple or keep the ornaments neutral.

Small purple trees earn their keep in bedrooms, home offices, entryways, and on dining sideboards, where a green tree would feel like a second, smaller version of the main one.

Flocked Purple: The Softer Option

Choose a purple flocked Christmas tree if you want purple to feel wintry rather than bold. The white coating along the branches lightens the color and gives the tree a snow-dusted look, and its pencil shape keeps the footprint small.

The Flocked Purple Color Tree comes in purple at 4.5 ft and 7.5 ft; the same listing also carries blue and pink, so choose purple in the color option when you order. The 4.5 ft tree weighs 7.9 lb, and the 7.5 ft tree weighs 12.8 lb, so even the tall one is easy to carry.

Flocking can shed a little when you first set the tree up and fluff the branches, so a sheet underneath during assembly helps. After that first setup, it settles.

Which Purple Christmas Tree is Right for You?

You Want a Purple Main Tree for the Living Room

The 6.5 ft Pre-Lit Fashion Purple. Full shape, 300 lights, 836 tips, and the deepest purple we make.

You Want the Tree Tall, but Your Floor is Tight

The 7.5 ft flocked purple. It gives you height in a pencil footprint.

You Want Light Purple, or a Softer, Snowier Look

Flocked purple, in whichever height fits.

You Want to Try Purple Without Committing the Whole Room

The 4 ft Fashion Purple Pine for a bedroom or office floor, or the 3 ft in its burlap base for a table.

You Want a Second Tree to Go with a Green Main Tree

A small purple tree in a different room.

The 6.5 ft and 4 ft Fashion Purple trees sit together in our purple Christmas trees collection, and we offer a wider range of colors.

Why Buy a Purple Tree from Puleo

Puleo makes these trees and sells them direct, so the specs in this guide come from the people who built them, and so do the parts. A pre-lit tree you can service is one you can keep for years.

FAQs: Purple Christmas Trees

What Size Purple Christmas Tree Should I Get?

Measure the ceiling and the floor space first. For a main living room tree, the 6.5 ft Fashion Purple suits many standard-height rooms and is 42 inches across. If the floor is tight, the 7.5 ft flocked purple is narrower. For a table, mantel, or bedroom, the 3 ft and 4 ft Fashion Purple trees are the easiest way in. Remember, Puleo heights include the stand, and a topper adds to that height.

Is There a Light Purple Christmas Tree?

Yes. The flocked purple tree is the lighter option in our range. Its purple branches have a white flocked coating that softens the color toward lavender and gives it a snow-dusted look. It comes in 4.5 ft and 7.5 ft in a slim pencil shape. For a deep, saturated purple instead, choose the Fashion Purple trees.

What Colors Go with a Purple Christmas Tree?

Silver and gold are the two most reliable partners, and both metals look good against deep purple. Blush pink and white suit the softer flocked purple. For a bolder look, teal and peacock blue work well with purple as jewel tones. As a guideline, pick one supporting color and one metal, and let the purple lead to keep the tree from looking busy.

Do Purple Christmas Trees Come Pre-Lit?

Every purple tree in our current range is pre-lit with clear incandescent lights. The 3 ft has 50, the 4 ft has 150, the 4.5 ft flocked has 100, and the 6.5 ft has 300. Clear lights suit purple because they let the true color of the needles show. Puleo sells replacement bulbs, light sets, and stands for its own trees if you ever need them.

Should I Use Colored Lights on a Purple Tree?

Clear lights are usually the better choice. White light shows the purple needles as they are, and the tree looks richer. Multicolor bulbs on a colored tree tend to compete with the branches. If you want a violet look, use a green tree with purple lights; that is a different style than a purple tree.

Is a Purple Christmas Tree Real or Artificial?

Purple Christmas trees are artificial. The color is built into the manufactured needles, and on flocked trees, a white coating applied along the branches softens it. A cut tree would have to be sprayed or flocked to look purple, which is a different product altogether.