wine-colored

[ wahyn-kuhl-erd ]

adjective

1. of the color of wine; dark red.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wine-colored¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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Skin intermediate in thickness, tough with wine-colored pigment.

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Her serious brown eyes, deep brown with wine-colored lights in them, met those of each of her friends in turn.

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Millar was transformed back into his frock coat, his immaculate trousers, his wine-colored waistcoat.

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