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coral

coral

3 1.4
A deep pink or orange-pink color
  • noun
  • /ˈkɔrəl/
: coral
  • 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.

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Examples

  • She wore a dress in a stunning coral color that complemented her skin tone perfectly.

  • It's coral coloured with little green-tipped blossoms, rather like a hyacinth.

  • It's very light coral color to it.

  • Does that look good with coral?

  • It's this really nice like coral orange shade.

  • I'm kind of into that peachy coral look right now so this is nice.

  • This is a very Korean girl type of lipstick, a very coral shade.

  • Last but not least, a great coral nail Polish and this is kind of like creamy, just full on coral, pretty color.

  • 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

pink
vscoral
172 1.0

A light red color like the shade of many flowers

is deeper and warmer, adding orange warmth to the light red base
coral-red
vscoral
1 3.4

A red color with a pink or orange tone like coral

is deeper and shifts more toward warm pinkish orange tones
pinkish-orange
vscoral
1 2.4

An orange color with a hint of pink

is deeper and more richly saturated toward warm red and orange
pink-orange
vscoral
1 2.1

A color between pink and orange

is deeper and more intense toward warm red and orange hues

Compounds

30 3.1

A ridge of rock in warm shallow sea made by many small sea animals

3 4.0

A sea in the South Pacific northeast of Australia near the Great Barrier Reef

2 7.2

A small venomous snake with red, yellow, and black bands that has a deadly bite

1 5.6

A hard red or pink piece from a sea animal used for jewelry

staghorn coral
  • Specialized
1 7.9

A coral with branches like deer antlers that builds shallow reefs in warm seas

1 6.1

A large hard sea animal with a wrinkled surface that looks like a brain

A sea battle in May 1942 fought only by planes from aircraft carriers that stops a Japanese advance

stony coral
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A sea animal that makes a hard skeleton and builds reefs

gorgonian coral
  • Specialized
1 9.8

A sea animal with hard tree-like branches that lives in warm water

1 7.3

The first naval battle in history fought only by planes from aircraft carriers between Japan and Allied forces

1 3.4

A red color with a pink or orange tone like coral

coral tree
  • Specialized
1 6.8

A small tree or bush with three-part leaves and bright red flowers grown for decoration

eastern coral snake
  • Specialized
1 8.4

A venomous banded snake from the southeastern United States and parts of Central America

A hard red or pink stony skeleton from Mediterranean sea animals used for jewelry

A climbing evergreen vine with coral-red tubular flowers often grown in gardens

1 7.9

A mushroom-like organism with branching stems that looks like coral and is often bright in color

mushroom coral
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A hard coral with a flat, round body that usually sits alone on the sea floor

coral vine
  • Australian
1 8.6

A low climbing woody plant with small thick leaves and red flowers

A snake with venom and red, yellow, black bands that lives in southwest US and Central America

A small thorny South American tree with bright red flowers

9.5

A shrub or small tree with divided leaves, blue flower spikes and red seeds, some poisonous to farm animals

A small tree with bright red flowers and red seeds with black spots

coral bush
  • Australian
7.6

A small Australian shrub with bright red flowers often grown in gardens

9.9

A Mexican plant with hanging clusters of bright red and white flowers

9.9

A low garden plant with many branches and bright red or purple flowers

coral pea
  • Australian
9.9

A climbing plant from Australia with bright red flowers

coral root
  • Specialized
9.9

A wildflower without leaves that gets food from fungi and grows from a hard mass of roots underground

coral-wood
  • Indian
9.9

A tree from East India with small yellow-white flowers grown for decoration in gardens

A small European plant like cress with knotted white roots that grows in damp places

crested coral root
  • Specialized
9.9

A small North American orchid with yellowish-brown flowers marked by dark veins, found from Arizona to the eastern United States

early coral root
  • Specialized
9.9

A North American orchid with pale yellow or green stems and almost no leaves

African coral snake
  • South African
8.9

A small snake that lives in trees in southern Africa with black and orange bands

8.9

A venomous snake with bright red, yellow, and black bands that lives in Asia

7.7

A small venomous Australian snake with bright red, black and white rings that is usually harmless to people

madriporian coral
  • Specialized
9.9

A sea animal with a hard, white skeleton that builds reefs and islands

Indian coral tree
  • Australian
8.6

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

9.7

A venomous snake from Asia, Africa, or Australia with bright bands

pale coral root
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant with almost no leaves and pale yellow-green stems and flowers

A small plant with leafless stems that grows in North American forests and has white flowers with purple spots

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

A vigorous climbing plant from Western Australia with dense clusters of bright pink-purple flowers

How Pink

coral
3 1.4
pink
172 1.0
pink-tinged
1 3.5

Surface Forms

coral singular
corals plural

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.