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cinnamon-red

cinnamon-red

4.4
A warm reddish-brown color like cinnamon spice
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪnəˌmən rɛd/
translation icon : rojo canela
  • She wore a cinnamon-red dress that complemented her caramel skin tone.

Examples

  • And his father in a white shirt and tie of cinnamon red and blue, his jacket airing on a wire hanger in the open kitchen window.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The leaves of the tree turned a beautiful cinnamon-red in the autumn.

  • The sunset painted the sky in shades of cinnamon-red and orange.

Synonyms

reddish-brown
vscinnamon-red
3 2.1

A brown color with a hint of red

is redder in base color rather than mainly brown with tint
red-brown
vscinnamon-red
1 1.0

A brown color with a touch of red

has stronger red influence rather than a mainly brown appearance
cinnamon-colored
vscinnamon-red
1 3.2

A light brown with a little red like cinnamon

is more red in tone rather than lighter brown overall
rosewood
vscinnamon-red
1 4.5

A deep reddish-brown color like the wood used in furniture

is a redder, warmer shade rather than darker brownish tones
reddish brown
vscinnamon-red
1 2.5

A brown color with a slight red tint

leans toward red tone rather than being primarily brown overall
brownish-red
vscinnamon-red
1 2.3

A color like brown mixed with red

is red leaning and does not include purple hints like this
Venetian red
vscinnamon-red
7.7

A deep warm red with a slight brown tone

is red tinged with brown rather than pure bright red
Indian red
vscinnamon-red
6.2

A warm red-brown color often used in paint and design

is used descriptively rather than as a named pigment
mahogany-red
vscinnamon-red
5.1

A deep brown color with a red tint like dark wood

is more red leaning and less deeply brown than that wood tone

Antonyms

12 2.9

Having very little or no color

How Red

crimson
58 3.4
auburn
64 3.9
cinnamon-red
4.4
chestnut
6 4.0
tan
30 1.0
beige
17 1.0

Surface Forms

cinnamon-red positive

Morphology

cinnamon-red = cinnamon + red (transparent) = cinnamon + red

The compound combines two ordinary colour terms and directly denotes a red shade tinged with cinnamon (brownish) colour, so the meaning is readily inferable.

Etymology

Cinnamon-red comes from the spice cinnamon and the color red. The spice's warm brown-red bark gives an easy picture of a 'reddish-brown' shade, so cinnamon-red means a red color with a cinnamon-like brown tone.