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VENETIAN RED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Venetian red mean? 

VENETIAN RED (noun)
  The noun VENETIAN RED has 1 sense:

1. a shade of brown with a tinge of redplay

  Familiarity information: VENETIAN RED used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VENETIAN RED (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A shade of brown with a tinge of red

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

burnt sienna; mahogany; reddish brown; sepia; Venetian red

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

brown; brownness (an orange of low brightness and saturation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Venetian red"):

brick red (a bright reddish-brown color)

copper; copper color (a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper)

Indian red (a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians)


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