English red
Americannoun
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The WCS was the work of anthropologist Brent Berlin and linguist Paul Kay, who identified 11 color categories in English: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white, brown, and gray.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2024
As the last of the army formed upon the rugged field, dawn broke upon the east, and soon the early sunshine sparkled on their weapons and glowed along the ranks of English red.
From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Hawthorne, Julian
Color the whole with 4 grams English red.
From Tobacco Leaves Being a Book of Facts for Smokers by Brennan, W. A.
By your Grace's leave Your royal mother came of Spain, but took To the English red and white.
From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
Charles Dickens has given us an amusing account of an English Circumlocution Office, but English red tape dwindles into insignificance by the side of Spanish red tape.
From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael
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