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alizarin crimson

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noun

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


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A sea of yellow—ocher, dandelion, goldenrod—seems to support a single tree backed by a dark vacuum, but as our eyes adjust, we realize a barn in deepest alizarin crimson dominates the scene.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Craig was grateful for the color alizarin crimson.

From The New Yorker Sep. 20, 2010

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