brick red

noun

A warm brownish-red colour similar to that of red clay bricks.

Meanings

nounbrick red (countable and uncountable, plural brick reds)

plural brick reds · alternative brick-red

  1. countableuncountableA warm brownish-red colour similar to that of red clay bricks.

    Covered wagons and containers, with the exception of insulated and ventilated meat wagons and containers, will be painted a dark brick-red.

    1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106
adjectivebrick red (not comparable)

alternative brick-red

  1. not comparableOf a warm brownish-red colour similar to that of red clay bricks.

Translations

Czech cihlová, cihlová
  • cihlovácolour
  • cihlovácolour
Dutch steenrood, steenrood
  • steenroodcolour
  • steenroodcolour
Finnish tiilenpunainen, tiilenpunainen
  • tiilenpunainencolour
  • tiilenpunainencolour
French rouge brique, rouge brique
  • rouge briquecolour
  • rouge briquecolour
Hungarian téglavörös, téglaszín
  • téglavöröscolour
  • téglaszíncolour
  • téglavöröscolour
  • téglaszínűcolour
  • téglaszíncolour
Irish donnrua, donnrua
  • donnruacolour
  • donnruacolour
Norwegian Bokmål mursteinsrød
  • mursteinsrødcolour
Polish kolor ceglasty, ceglasty
  • kolor ceglastycolour
  • ceglastycolour
Romanian cărămiziu, cărămiziu
  • cărămiziucolour
  • cărămiziucolour
Russian кирпи́чный
  • кирпи́чный (kirpíčnyj)colour
Spanish ladrillo
  • ladrillocolour
Swedish tegelröd, tegelrött
  • tegelrödcolour
  • tegelröttcolour
  • tegelrödcolour
Turkish kiremit rengi, kiremit rengi
  • kiremit rengicolour
  • kiremit rengicolour
Ukrainian цегля́стий, цегли́стий
  • цегля́стий (cehljástyj)colour
  • цегли́стий (cehlýstyj)colour
  • цегляни́й (cehljanýj)colour
  • цегло́ви́й (cehlóvýj)colour
Cite this entry
APA

brick red. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20red

MLA

“brick red.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20red. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brick red,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brick%20red.

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