scarlet
noun
a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
scarlets
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pluralof scarlet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As passing days begin to ignite the scarlets and the golds on treetops or twigs, Friday helped show how much their flame owes to the autumn sunshine.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2022
Many species of the small, tropical bird sport deep black feathers and splashes of eye-catching color — electric yellows, traffic-cone oranges and nearly neon scarlets.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2021
“His brush is loaded with lots of oil paint in scarlets and pale pinks. You get a sense of the movement, texture and lusciousness of the painted surface.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2016
The scarlets, cobalts and chrome yellows are intense in some passages, depleted in others.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2010
At the end of the room was a small dais, and, on it, a cream-colored casket with several displays of flowers arranged about it: scarlets and yellows and whites and deep, bloody purples.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
