antique red

noun

: a dark reddish orange that is yellower and paler than average lacquer red and redder and paler than ocher red or burnt sienna

called also canna, chaudron, Rembrandt's madder

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“Antique red.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antique%20red. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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