cherry red

American  

noun

1. a bright red; cherry.

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Etymology

Origin of cherry red

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

While you can’t help but appreciate the cherry red of the deep-sea atolla jellyfish, you will also learn why its unusual pigment persists in the lightless depths.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

A half hour later, a teenager in a snow-dusted snowsuit pulled up to our building on a cherry red Honda Metropolitan, paper bag steaming with promise.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2024

Some fashion houses put forward designs which were cherry red from head to toe, while others kept it limited to a skirt or jacket and combined it with other colours to make an ensemble.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

Attached to a vertical glass slab, these globs — spearmint green, bubble gum pink, cherry red, Winterfresh blue — form an abstract collage that may look familiar to some.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023

His skin was cherry red; his beard and hair the color of iron rust, braided with tufts of grass, leaves, and swamp flowers.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan