ROSE-RED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rose-red mean? 

• ROSE-RED (adjective)
  The adjective ROSE-RED has 1 sense:

1. of a deep slightly bluish red color

  Familiarity information: ROSE-RED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROSE-RED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a deep slightly bluish red color

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

 Context examples 

Rose-red screamed and sprang back, the lamb bleated, the dove fluttered, and Snow-white hid herself behind her mother’s bed.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Rose-red went and pushed back the bolt, thinking that it was a poor man, but it was not; it was a bear that stretched his broad, black head within the door.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Rose-red liked better to run about in the meadows and fields seeking flowers and catching butterflies; but Snow-white sat at home with her mother, and helped her with her housework, or read to her when there was nothing to do.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)