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reddish-orange

reddish-orange

2.3
A color like orange with a little red
  • adjective
  • /ˈrɛdɪʃˈɔrɪndʒ/
translation icon : naranja rojizo
  • The sunset painted the sky in beautiful shades of reddish-orange as the day came to an end.

And this Swatch is just giving a little more red orange than I would like.

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Examples

  • OK, it's like a reddish orange and it's a tint.

  • Back on the island, the boobies and all the other ground-nesting seabirds must contend with huge numbers of reddish-orange land crabs that clamber over most of the island.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Same exact yellow shirt with vertical reddish-orange lines on it.

    Blog text (24)
  • This matte reddish orange, almost like a cute brick color.

  • It's called matte Rush so it's kind of a warm reddish orange shade and it's actually really beautiful on the lips or the cheeks.

  • When the little tractor on the computer screen crawled from the bluish-green region into the reddish-orange sector, Tim Badger watched the numbers in the column measuring the trail of pink vapor double immediately.

    Academic text (1996)
  • She chose a reddish-orange scarf to brighten up her winter outfit.

  • The delicious fruit turned a vivid reddish-orange when it ripened on the vine.

Synonyms

orange-red
vsreddish-orange
1 2.0

A color that is between orange and red

leans more toward orange rather than a red dominant hue
flame-orange
vsreddish-orange
3.8

A bright orange color with a red tone like fire

is a more neutral orange tone with only a slight red tinge
orangish-red
vsreddish-orange
3.8

A red color that looks partly orange

is more orange centered not predominantly red

Antonyms

19 1.2

Slightly blue in color

14 1.0

A little like the color of leaves

How Red

red
51 1.0
reddish-orange
2.3
orange
577 1.0

Surface Forms

reddish-orange positive

Morphology

reddish-orange = reddish + orange (transparent) = reddish + orange

A straightforward hyphenated compound combining 'reddish' and 'orange' to denote a hue between red and orange; meanings of the parts combine directly.

Etymology

The word reddish-orange is a simple mix of red, -ish ('somewhat') and orange (the color named after the fruit). So it means an orange color with a touch of red, like autumn leaves or a sunset.