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Indian red en · ADJ

Etymology

1672 pigment, c. 1810–27 colour and adjective. Indian + red, the pigment originally being an earth obtained from the East Indies.

Meanings

1. Having the colour of Indian red pigment.

Forms

Indian red en · NOUN

Etymology

1672 pigment, c. 1810–27 colour and adjective. Indian + red, the pigment originally being an earth obtained from the East Indies.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods like calcinating green copperas.
   • Bradly paid no attention to either intrusion on his meditations, which at that moment were deeply concerned with adding Payne's grey to a combination of cobalt and Indian red for keying down his palette in the treatment of light reflected on water. 1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter IX, in Age of Consent, London: T[homas] Werner Laurie […], →OCLC, page 98:
2. (countable, uncountable) Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods like calcinating green copperas. ▸ Specifically, iron saffron.
3. (countable, uncountable) The colour of Indian red pigment: a variety of dark, purplish reds.

Forms

Deriveds

native Indian red

Translations (5)

fr rouge indien (Translations) · es rojo de la India (Translations) · it rosso indiano (Translations) · pt vermelho indiano (Translations) · de Indischrot (Translations)