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carroty

carroty

7.0
A bright orange color like a carrot often used to describe hair
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɛrəti/
translation icon : naranja
  • As the fans pumped into the air and threw themselves sideways, they screamed and spat at the band until the singer, a skinny little kid with carroty hair, dripped with saliva.
  • carroty hair

Change his hair to a carroty orange.

Examples

  • It's always like that same Rosie adore I adore you vibes First things first, we have the carroty picante palette The carroty picante palette.

  • Change his hair to a carroty orange.

  • And as it passed, I recognized the driver from her carroty hair.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Her carroty hair was gathered in a short tail above her neck, her lips were too big for her face, and two gray eyes hid behind glasses.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • With his broad freckled face, jug ears, and mop of carroty hair, he looked sweet, innocent, and kind.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Her hair was a vibrant shade of carroty orange, standing out in the sunlight.

  • The little girl had carroty pigtails that bounced as she skipped down the street.

  • His carroty locks reminded me of the bright orange carrots my mother used to cook.

Synonyms

orange
vscarroty
577 1.0

Having the color between red and yellow like ripe citrus fruit

is used for an even brighter, hair-focused warm shade
tangerine
vscarroty
4 2.3

A reddish orange color like the skin of a ripe fruit

leans less red and stays a truer bright warm shade
orangey
vscarroty
  • Informal
2 3.6

A little like the color orange

is more vividly warm and eye catching in appearance
orange-colored
vscarroty
1 1.0

Having the color of a ripe orange

is a brighter, purer warm hue often used for hair
orange-brown
vscarroty
1 2.7

A brown color with a touch of orange

is less brown and more purely warm and bright
orange-hued
vscarroty
3.6

Having the color of a ripe orange

is a stronger, more vivid warm tone seen in hair
gingery
vscarroty
4.9

A bright orange-brown color like some hair or fur

is less brown and more purely bright warm in colour
orange yellow
vscarroty
2.8

A bright yellow color with a small touch of orange

is stronger on the warm side rather than leaning yellow
ochry
vscarroty
9.7

Having a yellow-brown color like dry earth

is much brighter and lacks the dull earthy quality

How Orange

carroty
7.0
orange
577 1.0
orange-brown
1 2.7

Surface Forms

carroty positive

Morphology

carroty = carrot (transparent) = carrot + y

Formed from the noun 'carrot' plus adjectival suffix '-y' meaning 'having the colour or quality of a carrot', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Carroty comes from the vegetable carrot, famous for its bright orange color, and the ending -y which means 'like' or 'full of'. So, carroty means 'like a carrot', often used to talk about a bright orange color, especially hair.