wine-colored

[ wahyn-kuhl-erd ]

adjective
  1. of the color of wine; dark red.

Origin of wine-colored

1
First recorded in 1825–35

Words Nearby wine-colored

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How to use wine-colored in a sentence

  • Waiters were serving refreshments, and a purple tea was poured into the wine-colored cups.

    The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
  • There was food for greater mirth in the appearance on the road of a solitary figure in a wine-colored coat and bushy black peruke.

    Audrey | Mary Johnston
  • Skin intermediate in thickness, tough with wine-colored pigment.

    The Grapes of New York | U. P. Hedrick
  • Her serious brown eyes, deep brown with wine-colored lights in them, met those of each of her friends in turn.

    Turn About Eleanor | Ethel M. Kelley
  • Millar was transformed back into his frock coat, his immaculate trousers, his wine-colored waistcoat.

    The Devil | Joseph O'Brien