alizarine red
- noun
- Specialized
- The vibrant curtains were dyed a deep alizarine red that added warmth to the room.
Examples
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The fabric was dyed in a vibrant alizarine red.
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The artist chose alizarine red to capture the intensity of the sunset in his painting.
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She preferred alizarine red over other shades for her cotton dresses.
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She chose a dress in alizarine red for the party.
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The artist chose alizarine red to capture the intensity of the sunset in his painting.
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The vibrant curtains were dyed a deep alizarine red that added warmth to the room.
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She preferred alizarine red over other shades for her cotton dresses.
Synonyms
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1.0
A strong color like blood or tomatoes
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7.5
A deep red color or the dye used to make it
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9.9
A bright red colour used in paint and for dyeing cloth
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2.3
A color like orange with a little red
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9.6
A bright orange-red color traditionally used to dye cotton cloth
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9.9
A red dye used to color wool and stain samples for study
How Red
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase denotes a red color produced by the dye alizarine, so its meaning is directly built from the constituent 'alizarine' (a pigment/dye) + 'red' (the color). This is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common compositional pattern (pigment name + color), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Alizarine red comes from alizarin, a dye made from the root of the madder plant that was used to give cloth a bright orange red. So, alizarine red now means the specific warm 'red' you get when something is dyed with that pigment.