Blue-red

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A colour between blue and red; purple or crimson. countable, uncountable

    "Let us suppose a red represented by the equivalent number, five, with one part of blue added to it, thus causing it to be a blue-red or crimson."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a colour between blue and red; purple or crimson.

    "This unquiet feeling increases as the hue progresses, and it may be safely assumed, that a carpet of a perfectly pure deep blue-red [translating Blaurot] would be intolerable."

  2. 2
    Consisting of the colours blue and red individually.

    "a blue-red cock (rooster)"

Synonyms

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purple

Example

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"This unquiet feeling increases as the hue progresses, and it may be safely assumed, that a carpet of a perfectly pure deep blue-red [translating Blaurot] would be intolerable."

Etymology

From blue + red. Compare Old English blēorēad (“blue-red, purple”).

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