cinnamon-red
- adjective
- /ˈsɪnəˌmən rɛd/
- She wore a cinnamon-red dress that complemented her caramel skin tone.
Examples
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And his father in a white shirt and tie of cinnamon red and blue, his jacket airing on a wire hanger in the open kitchen window.
Fiction book (1991) -
The leaves of the tree turned a beautiful cinnamon-red in the autumn.
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The sunset painted the sky in shades of cinnamon-red and orange.
Synonyms
A brown color with a hint of red
A brown color with a touch of red
A light brown with a little red like cinnamon
A deep reddish-brown color like the wood used in furniture
A brown color with a slight red tint
A color like brown mixed with red
A deep warm red with a slight brown tone
A warm red-brown color often used in paint and design
A deep brown color with a red tint like dark wood
Antonyms
How Red
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Etymology
Cinnamon-red comes from the spice cinnamon and the color red. The spice's warm brown-red bark gives an easy picture of a 'reddish-brown' shade, so cinnamon-red means a red color with a cinnamon-like brown tone.