alizarin crimson

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

Welcome aboard to Last Legs members, Alizarin Crimson members—alizarin crimson is basically a red color—and parents travelling with small children who have not been abandoned at another gate during a psychotic break.

From The New Yorker