cerise

Examples

• All

• The artist chose a shade of cerise for the painting that reminded her of ripe cherries.

• If I had had the big box, I would now know taupe and cerise and ecru.

  Heartburn (1986)

• I look up to see a strikingly beautiful black woman in a filmy cerise caftan.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Atop her head was a jaunty straw boater with a cerise silk band.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Maddie remembered her telling about a pale blue one with cerise-colored trimmings.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Black Empress beads replaced cerise pompoms for additional embellishment.

  Academic text (2003)

• She saw him in native dress, the loose white pants and shirt, the white sarape with the cerise border, and the flat sombrero with the braided ribbon band.

  Fiction book (1991)

• She wore a beautiful dress in cerise that made her stand out at the party.

• The sunset painted the sky with hues of cerise and gold, creating a stunning view.

Synonyms

S

scarlet

vscerise

35 2.3

Having a bright red color with a slight orange tinge

is a deep fruit red without the orange brightness

C

cherry

vscerise

15 1.0

A deep bright red color like ripe cherries

is a deep red with similar richness but without extra brightness

D

deep red

vscerise

6 2.7

A dark, strong red colour that looks rich

is the ripe fruit red specifically, not any dark vivid red

C

cherry-red

vscerise

1 3.1

A deep bright red color like ripe cherries

is the same shade but emphasizes pure deep redness

C

cherry red

vscerise

1 1.6

A bright, deep red like ripe cherries

is specifically the deep, rich red rather than either brightness

C

cherried

vscerise

3.8

Bright red like a small round fruit

is deeper and richer in tone rather than only bright

How Red

crimson

1 3.7

deep red

6 2.7

cerise

1 8.4

reddish-pink

1 1.3

pink

43 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology