coral
- noun
- /ˈkɔrəl/
- It's called Coral Crush by Maybelline and this is a nice bright coral color.
And then I got this hot, delicious coral color in Twilo.
- And then I got this hot, delicious coral color in Twilo.
- I'm kind of into that peachy coral look right now so this is nice.
- Huge coral like salmon pink colored zinnias.
- It's mostly grey and black and white and a tiny bit of coral.
- But it is a beautiful orange undertoned coral.
- It's a nice warm pink and then I got this one in the shade Cabo Cabana, which is just a really pretty coral color, like a warm peachy coral.
Examples
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She wore a dress in a stunning coral color that complemented her skin tone perfectly.
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It's coral coloured with little green-tipped blossoms, rather like a hyacinth.
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It's very light coral color to it.
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Does that look good with coral?
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It's this really nice like coral orange shade.
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I'm kind of into that peachy coral look right now so this is nice.
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This is a very Korean girl type of lipstick, a very coral shade.
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Last but not least, a great coral nail Polish and this is kind of like creamy, just full on coral, pretty color.
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But Mom used coral and bronze-colored paints that complemented the room.
Fiction book (1998) -
What he wanted to see was the sunrise, the red fading to coral around the dark space in the middle of things, the undersides of clouds shot with light from below.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
A light red color like the shade of many flowers
A color between pink and orange
An orange color with a hint of pink
A red color with a pink or orange tone like coral
Compounds
A sea battle in May 1942 fought only by planes from aircraft carriers that stops a Japanese advance
- US
A shrub or small tree with divided leaves, blue flower spikes and red seeds, some poisonous to farm animals
A mushroom-like organism with branching stems that looks like coral and is often bright in color
A climbing evergreen vine with coral-red tubular flowers often grown in gardens
- Specialized
A wildflower without leaves that gets food from fungi and grows from a hard mass of roots underground
- Indian
A tree from East India with small yellow-white flowers grown for decoration in gardens
The first naval battle in history fought only by planes from aircraft carriers between Japan and Allied forces
- Specialized
A small tree or bush with three-part leaves and bright red flowers grown for decoration
A small European plant like cress with knotted white roots that grows in damp places
- Specialized
A small North American orchid with yellowish-brown flowers marked by dark veins, found from Arizona to the eastern United States
- Specialized
A North American orchid with pale yellow or green stems and almost no leaves
- Specialized
A venomous banded snake from the southeastern United States and parts of Central America
- South African
A small snake that lives in trees in southern Africa with black and orange bands
- Indian
A venomous snake with bright red, yellow, and black bands that lives in Asia
- Australian
A small venomous Australian snake with bright red, black and white rings that is usually harmless to people
- Specialized
A sea animal with a hard, white skeleton that builds reefs and islands
- Specialized
A hard coral with a flat, round body that usually sits alone on the sea floor
- Australian
A small to medium thorny tree with thick bunches of bright red flowers and black seeds
A brightly colored venomous snake from the Americas with red, black and yellow or white bands
- Australian
A venomous snake from Asia, Africa, or Australia with bright bands
- Specialized
A plant with almost no leaves and pale yellow-green stems and flowers
A hard red or pink stony skeleton from Mediterranean sea animals used for jewelry
A small plant with leafless stems that grows in North American forests and has white flowers with purple spots
- Specialized
A coral with branches like deer antlers that builds shallow reefs in warm seas
A large branching coral shaped like deer antlers that grows on shallow tropical reefs
A wildflower with almost no leaves, red stems, and pale pink flowers with brown stripes
- Australian
A vigorous climbing plant from Western Australia with dense clusters of bright pink-purple flowers
A snake with venom and red, yellow, black bands that lives in southwest US and Central America
How Pink
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun coral for a color comes from the red and orange corals used in jewelry long ago, whose warm tone became a color name. That's why calling a lipstick or paint 'a coral' means it has that deep pink or orange-pink shade.