apple red

noun

A dark red color with a light tint of purplish-red, like that of a Red Delicious apple.

Meanings

nounapple red (countable and uncountable, plural apple reds)

plural apple reds · alternative apple-red

  1. countableuncountableA dark red color with a light tint of purplish-red, like that of a Red Delicious apple.
adjectiveapple red (comparative more apple red, superlative most apple red)

comparative more apple red · superlative most apple red · alternative apple-red

  1. Of an apple red color.
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