cherry red
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cherry red
First recorded in 1585–95
Example Sentences
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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
Lou Gossett Jr. was still a teen, fresh off a successful Broadway run, when he landed at LAX and headed to Beverly Hills in a cherry red Ford Fairlane, feeling on top of the world.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 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
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
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