alizarin crimson

noun

a shade of red that is biased slightly more towards purple than towards orange on the color wheel and has a blue undertone

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alizarin carminealizarin red
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Meanings

nounalizarin crimson (plural alizarin crimsons)

plural alizarin crimsons

  1. a shade of red that is biased slightly more towards purple than towards orange on the color wheel and has a blue undertone

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany of various acid dyes; used for dyeing wool scarlet red

Similar
alizarin carminealizarin red
Broader
alizarinalizarine
Also see
alizarin red

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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alizarin crimson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alizarin%20crimson

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“alizarin crimson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alizarin%20crimson. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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