Roget's Thesaurus

#434. Redness

Nouns

red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose [Fr.], rose du Barry; magenta, damask, purple; flesh color, flesh tint; color; fresh color, high color; warmth; gules [Heral.]. ruby, carbuncle; rose; rust, iron mold. [Dyes and pigments] cinnabar, cochineal; fuchsine; ruddle, madder; Indian red, light red, Venetian red; red ink, annotto; annatto, realgar, minium, red lead. redness etc. adj.; rubescence, rubicundity, rubification; erubescence, blush.

Verbs

be red, become red etc. adj.; blush, flush, color up, mantle, redden. render red etc. adj.; redden, rouge; rubify, rubricate; incarnadine.; ruddle.

Adjectives

red etc. n., reddish; rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine; rosy, roseate; blowzy, blowed; burnt; rubicund, rubiform; lurid, stammell blood red; russet buff, murrey, carroty, sorrel, lateritious; rubineous, rubricate, rubricose, rufulous. rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame-colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored. blushing etc. v.; erubescent; reddened etc. v.. red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster; warm, hot; foxy.