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flame-orange

flame-orange

3.8
A bright orange color with a red tone like fire
  • adjective
translation icon : naranja llameante
  • She wore a flame-orange dress that stood out against the muted colors of the crowd.

Examples

  • "Scattered through a crowd of a thousand were less than a hundred hats, all on children between five and ten, all flame orange with a wide brim for protection against the sun and against looking up.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The sunset painted the sky in beautiful shades of flame-orange, blending with hints of crimson.

  • The flame-orange leaves of the maple tree created a stunning contrast with the deep blue sky.

Synonyms

orange
vsflame-orange
577 1.0

Having the color between red and yellow like ripe citrus fruit

is brighter and more red-tinged rather than a neutral mid tone
tangerine
vsflame-orange
4 2.3

A reddish orange color like the skin of a ripe fruit

is more intense and more strongly red-tinged than that fruit hue
orangey
vsflame-orange
  • Informal
2 3.6

A little like the color orange

is more vivid and clearly tinged with red than that mild tone
red-orange
vsflame-orange
1 1.7

A color like orange but more red

is slightly more intense and vividly red-tinged than that blend
orangish
vsflame-orange
1 4.0

A color that looks a little like orange between red and yellow

is brighter and more strongly tinged with red than that subtle shade
orange-colored
vsflame-orange
1 1.0

Having the color of a ripe orange

is richer and leans toward red rather than plain ripe fruit hue
flame-colored
vsflame-orange
1 4.1

Having a bright orange-red color like fire

is the same bright red-tinged color but used with dramatic imagery
reddish-orange
vsflame-orange
2.3

A color like orange with a little red

is brighter and more vivid, resembling burning color
reddish orange
vsflame-orange
1.6

An orange color that looks more red than yellow

is more vivid and strongly tinged with red rather than subtle
orange-hued
vsflame-orange
3.6

Having the color of a ripe orange

is deeper and leans more toward red than that light tint

Antonyms

291 1.0

Has very light color and often looks sick or afraid

31 1.0

Not bright or shiny with weak colour

How Orange

flame-orange
3.8
orange
577 1.0
orange-brown
1 2.7

Surface Forms

flame-orange positive

Morphology

flame-orange = flame + orange (transparent) = flame + orange

The compound directly describes a shade of orange likened to flames, so knowing 'flame' and 'orange' lets learners infer the meaning.

Etymology

Flame-orange comes from flame ('the bright part of a fire') and orange (the fruit that gives the color 'orange'). So it means a bright orange with a touch of red, like the color of fire.