black cherry
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- adjective
- /blæk ˈʧɛri/
- 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
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It looks like almost like a dark cherry or a black cherry color.
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I wore this shade right here, Black cherry on move day and it lasted all day.
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It's in black cherry and I'm going to fill in my lips with it.
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It's not quite as dark and deep as Revlon's Black Cherry, but it's just a gorgeous shade.
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OK, so it's busting because black cherry is like a gorgeous, gorgeous color.
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But yeah, my ceiling also wore shade black cherry from Glossier.
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I am wearing a vengeance awesome Brooks Brothers shirt, Hermes belt, Paige jeans as always, and black cherry Luke Casey's tonight.
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She applied a black cherry lipstick that complemented her dark outfit beautifully.
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The walls of her living room were painted a rich shade of black cherry that added warmth to the space.
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He chose a black cherry dress for the evening event, which made her look elegant and chic.
Synonyms
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Having a deep bright red color like ripe cherries
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A deep bright red color like ripe cherries
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A bright, deep red like ripe cherries
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Very dark like the color of coal
A deep red-purple color like the skin of a small round fruit
A deep red colour like the skin of ripe tart fruit
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.