I bought the wine colored jacket, and it is definitely more of a brick color. Much more brown overtones rather than purple.  However, with that being said, I still love it.  It is lightweight, has very functional pockets and keeps me nice and warm.  i bought the size medium, I am 5'2, 128lbs and I should have gone with the small.  I wanted something that would handle layers and this has plenty of room for layering plus a little extra.  So I feel sort of chunky when I wear it. But hey, it's a puffy coat with vertical stripes so it's not exactly slimming in the best of circumstances.  For the price it's a great coat for chilly but not super freezing weather.

As for length, this just skims the bottom of my butt