Purple Kite (bird) in dreams
A high, graceful scavenger — opportunism dressed as elegance.
How purple changes the reading
Purple colour places the symbol between hot and cool — a reading that has both calm and intensity at once. The dream often uses purple for symbols that do not fit the usual categories cleanly. Take the reading more seriously than you would otherwise; the colour is asking you to.
The base reading of Kite (bird)
A kite in a dream — the bird, not the toy — is the dream's image of the opportunist whose movement looks beautiful from the ground. Kites circle, ride thermals, and pick up what has already fallen. The dream uses the bird when you are watching, or being, someone who collects credit and resource without doing the kill. A kite circling overhead is the dream marking the presence of such a person around you. A kite you are flying with, or flying as, is the dream asking whether the elegance of your method is hiding what you actually take.