orange red
- noun
- /ˈɔrɪndʒ rɛd/
- The sunset painted the sky in a brilliant shade of orange red that took my breath away.
Examples
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The artist used orange red to create a striking contrast in her latest masterpiece.
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And Esfidera is kind of a slightly orange red colour and it is wonderfully vibrant.
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So this one is a pink color, but it look it's like an orange Red is what I want to call it.
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Huge, huge plant, but fiery orange red stems.
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She chose a vibrant orange red for the accent wall in her living room, adding warmth to the space.
Synonyms
A bright red color with a slight orange tinge
A bright red color with a little orange
A color that is between orange and red
Having a bright orange-red color like fire
A red color that looks partly orange
How Red
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a shade of red that includes an orange tint is clearly derived from combining 'orange' (a hue) and 'red' (a color). Colour-word combinations are a common and transparent descriptive pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended shade.
Etymology
Orange red comes from putting the two colours orange and red together, like the bright tone you see in the middle of a sunset or on a ripe fruit with a red blush. That's why it means a 'vivid shade of red with an orange tinge'.