Meanings
nounSpanish red (countable and uncountable, plural Spanish reds)
plural Spanish reds
- countableuncountableAn ocherous red pigment resembling Venetian red, but slightly yellower and warmer.
a deep red fecula subsides, called safflower, and, from the countries whence it is commonly brought to us, Spanish red and China lake
1808, William Nicholson, “CARTHAMUS”, in A Dictionary of Practical and Theoretical Chemistry - countableuncountableAny red wine of Spanish origin.
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