Titian red

British  

adjective

1. (sometimes not capital) reddish-gold, like the hair colour used in many of the works of Titian

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Example Sentences

The locale was appropriate: opera was more comfortable in that city of intrigue and sensuousness, and Titian red was better suited to its grand theatricality than the umber of Tuscany.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was a handsome girl, neither blonde nor brunette, with eyes of hazel gray and hair of that color that moderns call Titian red.

From A Black Adonis by Porter, Linn Boyd

Whoever would learn the utmost that may be done with copper hairs of Titian red, must study the fantastic coiffure of a telephone Switchboard.

From The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert Newton

Her eyes were bright and quite baby-like in their meaningless expression, and her hair was of the loveliest Titian red.

From God's Good Man by Corelli, Marie

Her hair flamed Titian red and her neck, of which she displayed not half as much as Enid, gave her much concern.

From The Film Mystery by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)