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a pigment used in painting, derived from anthraquinone and characterized by its red color and transparency.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

“I like decorating my slaves,” she said, referencing the rope, her thin, crimson-coated lips peeling off her front teeth.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau|Ian Frisch|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Try Nebraska, South Dakota, Alaska, and Arkansas; what you might call a crimson tide.
One of the Midterms’ Little-Noticed Big Losers: The NRA|Cliff Schecter|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the Harvard Crimson noted, Byrne “had been bearing the brunt of the Harvard attack” all afternoon.
When West Point Football Turned Fatal|Nicolaus Mills|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And the next film I saw you in was the very first R-rated film I saw in theaters: Crimson Tide.
Viggo Mortensen Talks ‘The Two Faces of January,’ Blasts Fox News and Israel’s ‘State Terrorism’|Marlow Stern|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In Crimson Room, players awoke in an unfamiliar room with no way of knowing how to escape.
Escape the Room—New York's Hottest Game|Justin Jones|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A burning crimson flushed over the cheek of Wharton, as Louis uttered this ardent appeal to friendship and to Heaven.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
Large divans of the richest crimson and violet brocades lined the walls, while ample curtains of the same served in lieu of doors.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
In fact, a deep, wide stain showed crimson upon the bandages in which he had swathed his hand.
Uncanny Tales|Various
In the clear light of a window at the woman's back, her hair, with a groundwork of crimson, was overshot with iridescent lights.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Many of the officials had on high-crowned hats decorated with bunches of feathers and crimson tassels.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike