wine-colored
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of wine-colored
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Julius “Dr. J” Erving bowed to the crowd, and the always entertaining Dennis Rodman strutted down the wine-colored carpet wearing a basketball cap and hooded sweatshirt under his jacket.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2022
But Alberta, draped in her wine-colored velvet and ropes of pearls, does the improbable by making being stuck in an old mansion with strangers from different centuries and circumstances look like a blast.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2021
Russell’s character sports a wine-colored fitted outfit and a gold helmet that covers her face.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2019
Nearby, the first of the self-portraits with which Frida Kahlo would craft her own self-identifying image to the world, shows her as a Botticelli-like goddess dressed in wine-colored velvet before stylized blue waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 23, 2016
So the put on one of her bought dresses and went up the new-cut road all dressed in wine-colored red.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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