cherry plum
- adjective
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color ciruela cereza
- For autumn, he prefers cherry plum nail polish because it looks sophisticated with warm coats.
Examples
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The designer suggested cherry plum curtains to complement the gold detailing in the hotel lobby.
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She chose a cherry plum color for her bedroom walls.
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She chose a cherry plum sofa to add a rich, elegant touch to the living room.
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The cherry plum color is perfect for fall.
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She chose a cherry plum sofa to add a rich, elegant touch to the living room.
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The designer suggested cherry plum curtains to complement the gold detailing in the hotel lobby.
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For autumn, he prefers cherry plum nail polish because it looks sophisticated with warm coats.
Synonyms
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1.0
A deep bright red color like ripe cherries
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2.0
A deep red like the color of blood
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1.6
A bright, deep red like ripe cherries
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3.6
A deep red colour like the skin of ripe tart fruit
A deep reddish-purple colour like the dark skin of ripe berries
A color between red and purple, like ripe grapes
A dark red colour that looks almost black and is used for clothes and paint
A deep berry red color often used for clothes and makeup
How Dark
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term names a color directly composed from two familiar nouns associated with specific hues: 'cherry' (bright red) and 'plum' (dark purplish). A B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer a deep red–purple shade, and this kind of compositional color-naming is cross-linguistically common, making the meaning transparent.
Etymology
The adjective cherry plum comes from the deep red-purple skin of the fruit; imagining a ripe cherry plum helps you picture the 'color'. So calling something 'cherry plum' means it has that rich, dark red-purple shade.