solferinon.
/sɒlfəˈriːnəʊ/ The bright crimson dye-colour rosaniline. Also attributive.
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crimson madderOE
purpureOE
murrey1305
tuly1398
oxblood?1440
crimson?a1475
sanguinea1500
carnation?1533
murrey colour1537
purple-red1565
ruby1572
sanguine red1601
velvet-crimson1646
lake1660
lac1682
rubine1704
madder red1728
ruby-red1738
granate1750
palm-colour1773
morone1777
carmine1799
vinaceous1819
incarnadine1821
crimsoning1833
pigeon's blood1865
solferinoc1865
Burgundy1881
sang-de-bœuf1881
vermilion-crimson1882
claret1884
royal red1890
wine1895
pigeon ruby red1897
Bordeaux1904
peony1914
madder crimson1991
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 420 Aniline..is..used in..dyeing establishments, for affording the colours..Magenta, Solferino.
1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 15 Dec. 797/2 The number of new names given to various varieties of colour, as mauve, magenta, solferino, &c.
1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! v. 53 Most of these [dresses] are of..Solferino reds, or Pompadour greens.
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