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red-lavender

red-lavender

5.6
A light purple color with a little red
  • adjective
translation icon : lavanda rojiza
  • The artist mixed paints to get just the right red-lavender hue for the portrait.

Examples

  • The sunset painted the sky a beautiful shade of red-lavender.

  • She chose a red-lavender dress for the spring wedding.

  • The walls were painted in a soft red-lavender hue.

  • She wore a red-lavender dress to the party.

  • The artist mixed paints to get just the right red-lavender hue for the portrait.

  • The sunset painted the sky a beautiful shade of red-lavender.

  • She chose a red-lavender dress for the spring wedding.

Synonyms

reddish-lavender
vsred-lavender
4.8

A light purple color with a little red

is the same pale floral hue but with a clearer warm hint
reddish-purple
vsred-lavender
3.5

A color between red and purple, like ripe grapes

is lighter and more floral with only a faint warm hint

How Red

magenta
3.7
red-lavender
5.6
lavender
2.4

Surface Forms

red-lavender positive

Morphology

red-lavender = red + lavender (transparent) = red + lavender

Clear compound of two colour terms; the meaning is directly derived as a mixed/qualified color.

Etymology

Red-lavender is made from the simple words red and lavender. Lavender is the pale purple color of the flower, so red-lavender means a lavender shade with a touch of 'red'.