REDDISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reddish mean? 

• REDDISH (adjective)
  The adjective REDDISH has 1 sense:

1. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

  Familiarity information: REDDISH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDDISH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Synonyms:

blood-red; carmine; cerise; cherry; cherry-red; crimson; red; reddish; ruby; ruby-red; ruddy; scarlet

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

 Context examples 

The tumor is composed of spindle shaped cells with numerous collections of reddish astrocytic fibers called Rosenthal fibers.

(Cerebellar Pilocytic Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The answer, revealed in the first maps made from New Horizons data, turns out to be shades of reddish brown.

(Pluto: The 'Other' Red Planet, NASA)

I caught a glimpse of a hairy body like that of a reddish pig, and then it was gone amid a swirl of leaves and branches.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the image, the reddish feature near the middle of the face of Earth is Australia.

(Earth and Its Moon, as Seen From Mars, NASA)

People with albinism may have vision problems and white or yellow hair; reddish, violet, blue or brown eyes; and pale skin.

(Albinism, NCI Dictionary)

A widespread acute rash characterized by fever and multiple small pustules on a reddish background.

(Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis, NCI Thesaurus)

They start off a reddish color, and then turn bluish-purple and greenish-yellow before returning to normal.

(Bruises, NIH)

A yellowish-reddish, carcinogenic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of six fused rings and produced by the incomplete combustion of organic matter.

(Dibenzo (a,l) pyrene, NCI Thesaurus)

Of those at the sides, I recall the reddish nose and dark, flashing eyes of the one, and the hard, austere face of the other, with the high coat-collars and many-wreathed cravats.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The track which guided him was one so seldom used that in places it lost itself entirely among the grass, to reappear as a reddish rut between the distant tree trunks.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)