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Definition of Cherry-red
1. Adjective. Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
Similar to: Chromatic
Derivative terms: Carmine, Cerise, Cherry, Crimson, Red, Redness, Ruddiness, Scarlet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cherry-red
Literary usage of Cherry-red
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"It is necessary to operate with a cherry-red, near white-red. The results agreed
with theory. — On the development of the function? of M. Weierstrass ..."
2. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1907)
"... found surrounding the anterior ocellus, extending towards the clypeus The
ocelli are mounted in three beautiful rounded dark cherry-red bodies Fig. i. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry: On the Basis of Mr. Nicholson's, in which the ...by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson by Andrew Ure, William Nicholson (1821)
"... and changes thé solutions of iron to a cherry-red colour. When these solutions
are heated, the iron is precipitated in the state of protoxide. ..."
4. Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition by Edward Henry Knight, United States Commission to the Paris Exposition, 1878 (1880)
"L. Gauthier, fine dwarf habit, large truss, light cherry-scarlet, good flower.
M. .Joseph Dubois, large flower and truss, very dark cherry-red. ..."
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