INDIAN RED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Indian red mean? 

• INDIAN RED (noun)
  The noun INDIAN RED has 3 senses:

1. a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics

2. a red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment

3. a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians

  Familiarity information: INDIAN RED used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIAN RED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("Indian red" is a kind of...):

pigment (dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("Indian red" is a kind of...):

dirt; soil (the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("Indian red" is a kind of...):

burnt sienna; mahogany; reddish brown; sepia; Venetian red (a shade of brown with a tinge of red)