Venetian red
- noun
- /vəˈniːʃən rɛd/
:
rojo veneciano
- And then using the shade burnt orange, which is this one, and then taking the shade Venetian Red, which is this pinky red sort of colour.
And then we're going to take this beautiful, what's called Venetian Red and put this under the eye to smoke it out.
- And then we're going to take this beautiful, what's called Venetian Red and put this under the eye to smoke it out.
Examples
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The walls of the old house were painted in a rich shade of Venetian red, giving it a timeless charm.
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And then we're going to take this beautiful, what's called Venetian Red and put this under the eye to smoke it out.
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So I want to add a little bit of a this Venetian red from this Anastasia palette and a little some kind of like lines coming from my eyes.
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The artist chose a deep Venetian red for the canvas to create a warm and inviting atmosphere.
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For her painting, she used Venetian red mixed with ochre to achieve a beautiful warm tone.
Synonyms
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3.6
A dark reddish brown color
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6.0
A reddish brown color often seen in old photos
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1.0
A deep red color that is not bright
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2.7
A dark, strong red colour that looks rich
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4.4
A deep reddish-brown color like wood from a tropical tree
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A reddish-brown paint color often used for paintings or walls
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A strong red-brown colour like the outside of a red brick
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A brown color with a slight red tint
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A deep red color often used by artists for drawing
A warm red-brown color often used in paint and design
A deep wine-red color often used for clothes and rooms
A deep berry red color often used for clothes and makeup
How Red
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines a provenance adjective 'Venetian' (from Venice) with the color 'red', so its meaning as a kind or shade of red associated with Venice is directly derivable from the constituents. A B1 learner who knows both words will understand it denotes a type of red (even if they may not know the exact hue), and origin+color combinations are a common, compositional pattern across languages.
Etymology
The color Venetian red may come from old Venetian artists who used a warm, brownish red made from natural earth, called 'earth pigment'. Because painters and buildings used this pigment for a long time, Venetian red came to mean the deep, warm red we still use today.