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  • adjective of red tinged with orange

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Examples

  • I always thought it was less of a burgundy and more of the orangish-red he used on everything ... based on what I've seen in chicago and phoenix I know FLW was more hip than these colors.

    Looking For Cherokee Red? 2008

  • From a distance, pockets of orangish-red and brown soil were laced with drought-resistant tallgrass; blue grama, fescue, prairie dropseed, and the slender green stems of quack grass.

    No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010

  • From a distance, pockets of orangish-red and brown soil were laced with drought-resistant tallgrass; blue grama, fescue, prairie dropseed, and the slender green stems of quack grass.

    No Mercy Lori Armstrong 2010

  • At first, it turned to total blackness from the cloud of smoke in front of the firestorm, and then it just turned into this incredible orangish-red glow that surrounded the engine, and then, slowly but, surely, it turned to more smoke and ash.

    CNN Transcript Oct 31, 2003 2003

  • Outside on the streets of Los Angeles, the orangish-red glow of morning had fallen over the city.

    Kiss the Girls Patterson, James, 1947- 1995

  • An orangish-red sun had begun its long, slow shimmy and slide toward the Pacific Ocean.

    Kiss the Girls Patterson, James, 1947- 1995

  • Everything had a gray and green tint and it was flickering between that, or an orangish-red tint, or normal.

    Joystiq 2009

  • The blanket’s got orangish-red pin-stripes running through it, and Frankie would have been sitting on it when he drove to Beryl’s house.

    Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991

  • The blanket’s got orangish-red pin-stripes running through it, and Frankie would have been sitting on it when he drove to Beryl’s house.

    Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991

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