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red-orange

red-orange

1 1.7
A color like orange but more red
  • adjective
  • /rɛdˈɔrɪndʒ/
translation icon : rojo-naranja
  • The towers of red-orange heat taper into threads of smoke, reaching high into the night sky.
  • red-orange color

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Examples

  • She pulled the red-orange Crayola out of the box, the color of her mommy's toenails, and colored in the top of the rainbow.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • In early fall, many specimens develop a good red-orange color.

  • Under the rain, on the horizon, there is a strip of red-orange light, and I see movement of something on the water.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • What he could only assume were injury sites were a bright, screaming red-orange.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • She selected one, a red-orange ring.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • This deep lipstick color comes in several shades this season, and the red-orange version is the one I like best.

    Blog text (23)
  • It is the season of sleeping late while dreaming of red-orange trees shuddering in the evening breeze.

    Blog text (21)
  • The man was shuffling toward the freshly plowed earth, where it shone red-orange in the afternoon sun.

    Academic text (2008)
  • I'd got all decked out, of course, in a new sleeveless shift, silk with a pattern of red-orange fleur-de-lys and dancing brown figures on a gold background.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Every fall, this sugar maple will turn a brilliant red-orange.

Synonyms

tangerine
vsred-orange
4 2.3

A reddish orange color like the skin of a ripe fruit

tilts more toward citrus appearance than toward the deeper ruby side
orange-red
vsred-orange
1 2.0

A color that is between orange and red

leans the other way, favoring a citrus base with minor ruby
reddish-orange
vsred-orange
2.3

A color like orange with a little red

is more on the citrus side with only a light ruby hint
flame-orange
vsred-orange
3.8

A bright orange color with a red tone like fire

is similarly citrus-focused but slightly less bright and fiery
reddish orange
vsred-orange
1.6

An orange color that looks more red than yellow

is still citrus-dominant rather than primarily ruby in tone
orangish-red
vsred-orange
3.8

A red color that looks partly orange

is the opposite, having a citrus base with only a small ruby tint
orange red
vsred-orange
1.6

A bright red color with a strong orange tone

appears more citrus-led with only a faint ruby undertone

Antonyms

130 1.0

A color between blue and yellow like fresh grass

37 1.0

Clothing that has the color of a clear sky

How Red

red
51 1.0
red-purple
1 2.8
red-orange
1 1.7
orange
577 1.0

Surface Forms

red-orange positive

Morphology

red-orange = red + orange (transparent) = red + orange

Meaning is directly the combination of the two color terms 'red' and 'orange' and is inferable by learners who know those colors.

Etymology

The word red-orange is simply the two color words red and orange put together. It is a handy memory clue: it means a color that looks like 'red' mixed with 'orange', like a sunset or a ripe fruit with a red tint.