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Red

The hue of the long-wave end of the visible spectrum with wavelengths of approximately 630 to 750 nanometers; any of a group of colours that may vary in lightness and saturation and whose hue resembles that of blood.

amaranth                     a deep reddish purple to dark or greyish, purplish red

amaranthine                deep purple-red

amethyst                     a moderate purple to greyish reddish purple.

ancient red                  a deep to vivid purplish red to vivid red

auburn                         a moderate reddish brown to brown.

bay                               a reddish brown.

beetroot purple          a deep to very deep purplish red

bittersweet                  a dark to deep reddish orange

blood red                     a moderate to vivid red

bloody                         suggesting the colour of blood; blood-red

blowzy                         having a red hue

blush                            a red or rosy colour

bois de rose                a greyish red

bole                              a moderate reddish brown.

bordeaux                     a dark red to purple

brick red                      a moderate to strong reddish brown.

burgundy                    a dark greyish or blackish red to dark purplish red or reddish brown

burnt sienna               a dark reddish orange.

candy-apple-red         having a red hue

cardinal                        dark to deep or vivid red

carmine                        a strong to vivid red

carnation                     having a red hue

carroty                         bright reddish or yellowish orange in colour

cerise                           a deep to vivid purplish red

cherry                          a moderate or strong red to purplish red

chestnut                      a moderate to deep reddish brown.

Chinese red                 vermilion

chocolate                    a greyish to deep reddish brown to deep greyish brown.

cinnabar                      see vermilion

cinnamon                    a light reddish brown.

claret                            a dark or greyish purplish red to dark purplish pink

cochineal                     a vivid red

cocoa                           a moderate brown to reddish brown.

copper                         a reddish brown.

coral                             a deep or strong pink to moderate red or reddish orange.

coralline                       resembling coral, especially in colour

cramoisy                      having a red hue

cranberry                     a deep to vivid purplish red

crimson                        a deep to vivid purplish red to vivid red

crocus                          a greyish to light reddish purple.

crushed strawberry   having a red hue

damask                        scarlet; a strong to vivid red or reddish orange

damson                        a colour of a plum, reddish blue

erubescent                  having a red hue

fawn                             a greyish yellow brown to light greyish or moderate reddish brown.

ferruginous                 having the colour of iron rust; reddish-brown.

fevered                        having a red hue

fiery                              having the colour of fire; brightly red

fire-engine red            having a red hue

flamy                            resembling a flame; flaming.

flamingo                      a moderate reddish orange.

flesh-coloured            having a red hue

flesh-pink                    having a red hue

florid                            a deep to vivid red

flushed                        having a red hue

flushing                       having a red hue

foxy                              having a reddish-brown colour.

fuchsia                         a strong, vivid purplish red

fuchsine                      having a red hue

garnet                          a dark to very dark red

geranium                     a strong to vivid red

glowing                       having a red hue

gules                            having a red hue

hazel                             a light brown or yellowish brown sometimes with a reddish tint.

heather                        a greyish purple to purplish red

hectic                           red with confusion, or haste, flushed

heliotrope                    a moderate, light, or brilliant violet to moderate or deep reddish purple

henna                           a moderate or strong reddish brown to strong brown.

hot pink                       having a red hue

incarnadine                 a. flesh-coloured b. blood-red

lake                               a deep red

liver                              a dark reddish brown.

madder                         a medium to strong red or reddish orange

magenta                       a moderate to vivid purplish red

mahogany                   a moderate reddish brown.

maroon                        a dark reddish brown to dark purplish red

mauve                          a moderate greyish violet to moderate reddish purple.

murrey                         having a red hue

old rose                       a dark pink to greyish or moderate red

orchid                          a pale to light purple, from greyish to purplish pink to strong reddish purple.

oxblood red                 a dark or deep red to medium reddish brown

paprika                         a dark to deep or vivid reddish orange

pink                              any of a group of colours reddish in hue, of medium to high lightness, and of low to moderate saturation.

plum                             a dark purple to deep reddish purple.

Pompeian red              a greyish to moderate red

ponceau                      a dark red

poppy                          a vivid red to reddish orange

puce                             a deep red to dark greyish purple

purple                          any of a group of colours with a hue between that of violet and red

raspberry                     a moderate to dark or deep purplish red

rose                              a dark pink to moderate red

roseate                         having a red hue

rosy                              having the characteristic pink or red colour of a rose

rouged                         having a red hue

royal purple                a moderate or strong violet to deep purple or dark reddish purple.

rubescent                    having a red hue

rubicond                      having a red hue

rubigino-us (-se)        rust-coloured; reddish-brown

rubious                        of the colour of a ruby; red

rubric                           red or reddish

ruby                             a dark or deep red to deep purplish red

ruddy                           a. having a healthy, reddish colour. b. reddish; rosy.

rufescent                     having a red hue

rufous                          strong yellowish pink to moderate orange; reddish

rust(y)                          of a yellowish-red or brownish-red colour

salmon                         a moderate, light, or strong yellowish pink to a moderate reddish orange or light orange.

sang-de-boeuf            having a red hue

sanguine                     a. Of the colour of blood; red. b. Of a healthy, reddish colour; ruddy

sanguineous               having the colour of blood; blood-red

scarlet                          a strong to vivid red or reddish orange

shocking-pink            having a red hue

solferino                      a moderate purplish red

sorrel                            a brownish orange to light brown

tangerine                     a strong reddish orange to strong or vivid orange.

testaceous                  having the reddish-brown or brownish-yellow hue of bricks.

titian-red                      having a red hue

Turkey red                  a moderate red

Tyrian purple              having a red hue

venetian red                a deep to strong reddish brown

vermeil                         vermilion or a similar bright red colour

vermil(l)ion                  a vivid red to reddish orange. In this sense, also called Chinese red, cinnabar.

vinaceous                   having the colour of red wine

vinous                         having the colour of wine

warm                            predominantly red or yellow in tone

wine                             the colour of red wine

 
   
 
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