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DARK RED

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A red color that reflects little light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

red; redness (red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)

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

burgundy (a dark purplish-red to blackish-red color)

claret (a dark purplish-red color)

oxblood red (a dark brownish-red color)

wine; wine-colored; wine-coloured (a red as dark as red wine)

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