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black cherry

black cherry

3.7
A dark red colour that looks almost black and is used for clothes and paint
  • adjective
  • /blæk ˈʧɛri/
translation icon : color cereza negra
  • I have the shade Black Cherry and Pitch Black, and we use Pitch Black on the top and then I think I might use Black Cherry on the bottom lashes.

Examples

  • It looks like almost like a dark cherry or a black cherry color.

  • I wore this shade right here, Black cherry on move day and it lasted all day.

  • It's in black cherry and I'm going to fill in my lips with it.

  • It's not quite as dark and deep as Revlon's Black Cherry, but it's just a gorgeous shade.

  • OK, so it's busting because black cherry is like a gorgeous, gorgeous color.

  • But yeah, my ceiling also wore shade black cherry from Glossier.

  • I am wearing a vengeance awesome Brooks Brothers shirt, Hermes belt, Paige jeans as always, and black cherry Luke Casey's tonight.

  • She applied a black cherry lipstick that complemented her dark outfit beautifully.

  • The walls of her living room were painted a rich shade of black cherry that added warmth to the space.

  • He chose a black cherry dress for the evening event, which made her look elegant and chic.

Synonyms

cherry
vsblack cherry
2 1.0

Having a deep bright red color like ripe cherries

is darker and less bright resembling nearly black fruit skin
cherry red
vsblack cherry
1 1.6

A bright, deep red like ripe cherries

is darker and more brownish or blackish in low light
cherry-red
vsblack cherry
1 3.1

A deep bright red color like ripe cherries

is deeper and moves toward blacker tones than vivid red
sour cherry
vsblack cherry
1 3.6

A deep red colour like the skin of ripe tart fruit

is darker and less vivid closer to nearly black in shade
coal black
vsblack cherry
1 2.8

Very dark like the color of coal

is a dark red shade that can reach near black rather than pure black
cherry plum
vsblack cherry
4.6

A deep red-purple color like the skin of a small round fruit

is darker still edging toward nearly black rather than purple red

How Dark

black
∞ 1.0
black cherry
3.7
maroon
3 2.3
deep red
6 2.7
red
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

black cherry positive

Morphology

black + cherry

The meaning 'a dark red to nearly black colour like ripe cherries' is directly and compositionally derived from 'black' (dark colour) + 'cherry' (the fruit), naming a hue that resembles the fruit's skin. This follows a common color-naming pattern (e.g. 'cherry red', 'navy blue') that is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner knowing both words would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Black cherry as a colour comes from the deep shade of ripe black cherries. Because the fruit's skin is a very dark red close to black, calling a coat or lipstick 'black cherry' tells you it has that deep, red-black colour.