tangerine
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- noun
- /ˌtæn.dʒəˈrin/
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naranja mandarina
- The house was white clapboard with aqua trim around the windows and tangerine paint on the door.
- tangerine-colored
- tangerine shade
- tangerine hue
I have to say the shade melon and tangerine.
- I have to say the shade melon and tangerine.
- If they could have come up with this actually, maybe like Tangerine or Orange Crush or what is is it like orange sherbert yummy.
Examples
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Sophie had bare feet with painted toenails and a vivid tangerine-colored, many-layered dress that made her look as though she were a huge flower.
Fiction book (1993) -
Past pastel colonial houses, the hues of peach, lavender, tangerine, and lime have faded like the empire that built them.
Blog text (3) -
And maybe we add a little bit of this like tangerine sort of color.
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This is like a bright orange tangerine color.
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The color of a tangerine.
Fiction book (1992) -
I got purring, which is a tangerine color.
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Sitting on the dusty boards, young girls were dressed in stiff cotton dresses of white, tangerine, and blue.
Fiction book (1996) -
The sun was rising, a fat tangerine, from the sea at the end of the street when another man approached, big-shouldered, big-bellied, Bill's age.
Fiction book (2001) -
If I remember correctly, hers was a tangerine orange that totally complemented her beautiful skin tones, and I chose one in a peacock greenish-blue with birds all over.
Blog text (21) -
The sunset painted the sky in beautiful hues of tangerine and pink.
Synonyms
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A color like orange but more red
An orange color that looks more red than yellow
A bright reddish orange color like the tree's flowers
A bright orange colour like the skin of the fruit
A bright red color with a strong orange tone
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Etymology
The color tangerine is named after the fruit, because people used the fruit's deep 'orange' skin as the model for that shade.