rust-colored

2 3.0

A reddish-brown or orange-brown color like old metal

adjective
/ˈrʌstˌkʌlɚd/

: color óxido

At the farthest reach of the sub's headlights, the rust-colored, spheroid mass rotated like some grotesque, living planet.
rust-colored hair
rust-colored carpet
rust-colored stain

Examples

Green-eyed Alie'e Maison stood in the hulk of a rust-colored Mississippi River barge.

Fiction book (2001)
There is Klaus on the sofa, in a shiny rust-colored sweater, frowning at his magazine, disdaining to look up.

Fiction book (2000)
True, there were spots where the car had turned rust-colored.

Fiction book (1998)
There was a single stripe of sunlight on the left shoulder of his rust-colored coat.

Fiction book (1999)
As a young man, he'd had deep red hair, and now it was rust-colored, patched with gray.

Fiction book (1990)
The red and white striped awnings and rust-colored roof of the Smith house contrast with the light blue sky.

Academic text (1998)
Most had shingle or metal roofs, but some were topped with rust-colored Mexican tile.

Academic text (2001)
A shiny, rust-colored beetle, only 1/8-inch long, scuttles across a kitchen countertop.

Academic text (2005)
As for the rest: a wooden cot, a rust-colored wool blanket fitted neatly over a thin and bumpy mattress.

Fiction book (1992)
The owners installed a new roof, rust-colored exterior siding, and a security system.

Synonyms

rusty

vsrust-colored

6 1.3

Having a red-brown color like old iron

names that exact brownish-red metal colour rather than broader reds

reddish-brown

vsrust-colored

3 2.1

A brown color with a hint of red

shifts that mix toward the orange-brown iron appearance

red-brown

vsrust-colored

1 1.0

A brown color with a touch of red

is browner and more orange than a simple brown with red

rusty-brown

vsrust-colored

1 2.8

A brown color with a red tint like old metal left outside

is the precise label for that same brownish-orange iron shade

rusty-red

vsrust-colored

1 3.4

A red color with a brown-orange hint like rust

leans more to brownish-orange than to pure red tones

rust-red

vsrust-colored

1 3.4

A reddish brown color like rust

puts more emphasis on the brownish-orange iron aspect than pure red

reddish brown

vsrust-colored

1 2.5

A brown color with a slight red tint

has more orange-brown character like oxidised iron rather than brown with red

brownish-red

vsrust-colored

1 2.3

A color like brown mixed with red

specifies a warmer orange-brown ironlike tone rather than a neutral mix

liver-colored

vsrust-colored

1 6.5

A reddish-brown color like the fur of some dogs

is more orange and ironlike than this darker red-brown shade

rust-brown

vsrust-colored

2.5

A brown color with a red-orange tone

specifies the same brownish-red hue rather than other red tones

ferruginous

vsrust-colored

Specialized

8.2

Having a reddish-brown color like rust or containing iron

focuses on the visual brownish-red iron colour rather than composition

mahogany-red

vsrust-colored

5.1

A deep brown color with a red tint like dark wood

is less woodlike and more like iron oxidation in colour

oxblood red

vsrust-colored

5.9

A dark brown red like dried blood

is lighter and more orange-brown than this very dark red tone

How Rust-Colored

rust-red

1 3.4

rust-colored

2 3.0

orange-brown

1 2.7

reddish-brown

3 2.1

brown

939 1.0

Surface Forms

rust-colored positive

Morphology

rust-colored = rust + color (transparent) = rust + color + ed

Formed from the compound 'rust' + 'color' with the adjectival suffix '-ed'; the meaning is directly 'having the color of rust'.

Etymology

Rust-colored starts with rust, the brown-red material that forms on metal when it sits in wet air, and the -colored part means 'having the color of'. So, rust-colored means 'having the brownish-red or orange-brown color of rust', like an old iron gate or autumn leaves.