A reddish-purple colour, esp. one produced by madder dyes or pigments; also with distinguishing word, as crimson madder.
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| 释义 | the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [noun] > shades of red > deep red or crimson (37) crimson madderOE A reddish-purple colour, esp. one produced by madder dyes or pigments; also with distinguishing word, as crimson madder. purpureOE A deep crimson or scarlet colour. Cf. purple, n. 2. Obsolete. murrey1305 Chiefly Heraldry. A colour resembling that of the mulberry; a reddish purple or blood red. Also: cloth of this colour. Now archaic and historical. tuly1398 transferred. Of a deep red colour, like that of ‘tuly’ silk; absol. or as n. the red colour of this. oxblood?1440 The blood of an ox. crimson?a1475 Crimson colour or pigment; a shade or tint of this. sanguinea1500 A blood-red colour. Obsolete. carnation?1533 †(a) The colour of human ‘flesh’ or skin; flesh-colour. Obsolete. (b) A light rosy pink, but sometimes used for a deeper crimson colour as in the… murrey colour1537 = murrey, n.1 1. purple-red1565 A shade of red inclining to or tinged with purple. ruby1572 The colour of a ruby; a glowing purplish red. Also: (Heraldry) the tincture gules in the fanciful blazon of arms of peers. sanguine red1601 Blood-red. Also sanguine red (sometimes hyphenated), †red sanguine, †brown sanguine. Now only literary. velvet-crimson1646 With names of colours, as velvet black, velvet-blue, velvet-brown, velvet-crimson, velvet-green, velvet-red. lake1660 transferred as the name of a colour. lac1682 A red colour characteristic of lac. Obsolete. rubine1704 A deep red colour resembling that of ruby. Also: a dye of this colour. madder red1728 ruby-red1738 A ruby-red colour or tint. granate1750 Short for ‘granate-colour’. (In quot. 1805 used to render French grenat: see grenat, n.) palm-colour1773 a dark red colour. morone1777 A deep crimson colour; maroon. carmine1799 transferred. As the name of a colour. vinaceous1819 elliptical or as n. incarnadine1821 Blush colour; also, a crimson or blood-red colour (see A.). crimsoning1833 Chiefly poetic. A shade of crimson. Now rare. pigeon's blood1865 A dark red colour. Also: a precious stone of this colour, esp. a ruby. solferinoc1865 The bright crimson dye-colour rosaniline. Also attributive. Burgundy1881 A shade of red of the colour of Burgundy wine. sang-de-bœuf1881 ‘A deep red colour found on old Chinese porcelain’ (Stanf.). Also transferred, a ceramic glaze of this colour; porcelain bearing such a glaze. Also… vermilion-crimson1882 With names of colours, as vermilion-crimson, vermilion-red, vermilion-scarlet, vermilion-tawny, etc. claret1884 The colour of ‘claret’; in modern acceptation, a reddish-violet. royal red1890 Modifying colour words associated with royalty to form adjectives and nouns, as royal red. wine1895 Passing into adj. A dark red colour. pigeon ruby red1897 = pigeon's blood, n. adj. Bordeaux1904 A shade of red produced by any of several red azo-dyes derived from beta naphthol. peony1914 The colour associated with peonies; a dark pink or crimson. Cf. earlier sense B. and peony-faced adj. at compounds 1b. madder crimson1991 |
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