English Explanatory Dictionary

Indian red

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods like calcinating green copperas.
  2. Specifically, iron saffron.
  3. The colour of Indian red pigment: a variety of dark, purplish reds.
adj
  1. Having the colour of Indian red pigment.

Word forms

Indian red Indian reds Indian-red India red

Etymology

1672 pigment, c. 1810–27 colour and adjective. Indian + red, the pigment originally being an earth obtained from the East Indies.

Derived words

native Indian red

Translations

French: rouge indien German: Indischrot Italian: rosso indiano Portuguese: vermelho indiano Spanish: rojo de la India
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