FLAME-COLORED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flame-colored mean? 

• FLAME-COLORED (adjective)
  The adjective FLAME-COLORED has 1 sense:

1. having the brilliant orange-red color of flames

  Familiarity information: FLAME-COLORED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAME-COLORED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the brilliant orange-red color of flames

Synonyms:

flame-colored; flame-coloured

Similar:

colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)

 Context examples 

He was very richly dressed, with furred robes, a scarlet hood, and wide hanging sleeves lined with flame-colored silk.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

From thence we went to Bourges, where I had a tunic of flame-colored silk and a very fine pair of shoes with tassels of silk and drops of silver.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Alleyne sat down willingly as directed with two great bundles on either side of him which contained the strollers' dresses—doublets of flame-colored silk and girdles of leather, spangled with brass and tin.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)