rust-red
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3.4
- adjective
- /rʌst rɛd/
:
rojo óxido
- Her dress was a striking rust-red, making her stand out in the crowd.
Examples
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Overhead, the colors of the aurora washed across the sky, rust-red and pale blue; they weren't bright, but they were widespread, in places obscuring the icy bright stars.
Fiction book (1997) -
I wore rust-red corduroy slacks with a fly front that barely fit me; they'd grown so tight; and a sweatshirt from my semester at a community college with the words "POETRY POWER" on the front. Over this, a canvas jacket one of the other waitresses had been going to throw away.
Fiction book (1997) -
On one side, the rover was half buried in rust-red sand.
Fiction book (1999) -
It was long, heavy, and rust red, just like the last time Alfie and Jamie had used it.
Fiction book (1991) -
It was rust-red with a thick black wick that was lit and burning.
Fiction book (1995) -
It was rust-red, it opened on metal hinges, and it was latched with a length of heavy chain.
Fiction book (1997) -
The bed's sheets have been stripped and the ratty gray mattress has an enormous rust-red stain in the middle.
Fiction book (1991) -
The gentle winds wafted ghostlike across the rust-red desert of Mars as they had for uncounted millions of years, hardly stirring the dusty ground.
Fiction book (1999) -
Drifting in the direction towards which all currents yearned, Pete saw empty planes of ice, tall white mountains, gaping crevasses, and rust-red lichen the size of dinner plates.
Fiction book (1995) -
After passing one great silver ghost after another, Kendall found what she wanted to show me: a living whitebark with a telltale sign of infection—a dead branch with rust-red needles.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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3.6
A dark reddish brown color
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1.3
Having a red-brown color like old iron
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2.1
A brown color with a hint of red
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3.0
A reddish-brown or orange-brown color like old metal
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3.4
A red-brown color like copper
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1.0
A brown color with a touch of red
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2.4
A strong red-brown colour like the outside of a red brick
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1.6
Having a strong reddish-brown color like old metal
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2.8
A brown color with a red tint like old metal left outside
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3.4
A red color with a brown-orange hint like rust
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2.5
A brown color with a slight red tint
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2.3
A color like brown mixed with red
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6.5
A reddish-brown color like the fur of some dogs
A brown color with a red-orange tone
A warm red-brown color often used in paint and design
A deep warm red with a slight brown tone
A dark brown red like dried blood
A deep brown color with a red tint like dark wood
A red color with a brown, shiny look like copper
Having a reddish-brown color like rust or containing iron
How Reddish-Brown
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rust-red comes from rust, the reddish-brown dust that forms on old metal, and red, the color. So rust-red means the color 'reddish-brown', like old iron or autumn leaves.