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cinnamon-red

cinnamon-red

1 4.4
A warm reddish-brown color like cinnamon spice
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɪnəˌmən rɛd/
: 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
7 2.1

A brown color with a hint of red

is redder in base color rather than mainly brown with tint
reddish brown
vscinnamon-red
5 2.5

A brown color with a slight red tint

leans toward red tone rather than being primarily brown overall
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
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
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
mahogany-red
vscinnamon-red
1 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
Indian red
vscinnamon-red
1 6.2

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

is used descriptively rather than as a named pigment
Venetian red
vscinnamon-red
1 7.7

A deep warm red with a slight brown tone

is red tinged with brown rather than pure bright red
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

Antonyms

13 2.9

Having very little or no color

How Red

crimson
11 3.4
auburn
4 3.9
cinnamon-red
1 4.4
chestnut
10 4.0
tan
76 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.