Roget's Thesaurus: Entry 434 (Redness)

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#434. Redness. -- N. red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose[Fr], rose du Barry[obs]; magenta, damask, purple; flesh color, flesh tint; color; fresh color, high color; warmth; gules[Heraldry].

ruby, carbuncle; rose; rust, iron mold.

[Dyes and pigments] cinnabar, cochineal; fuchsine[obs]; ruddle[obs], madder; Indian red, light red, Venetian red; red ink, annotto[obs]; annatto[obs], realgar[ISA:mineral], minium[obs], red lead.

redness &c. adj.; rubescence[obs], rubicundity, rubification[obs]; erubescence[obs], blush.

V. be red, become red &c.adj.; blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden.

render red &c. adj.; redden, rouge; rubify[obs], rubricate; incarnadine.; ruddle[obs].

Adj. red &c. n., reddish; rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine; rosy, roseate; blowzy, blowed[obs]; burnt; rubicund, rubiform[obs]; lurid, stammell blood red[obs]; russet buff, murrey[obs], carroty[obs], sorrel, lateritious[obs]; rubineous[obs], rubricate, rubricose[obs], rufulous[obs].

rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame- colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored.

blushing &c. v.; erubescent[obs]; reddened &c. v.

red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster; warm, hot; foxy.