flame color

American  

noun

1. bright reddish-orange.

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Other Word Forms

• flame-colored adjective

Etymology

Origin of flame color

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

The rainbow flame demonstration teaches a concept central to the curriculum of high school chemistry: that certain metals, when burned, produce a flame color that is characteristic to its chemical makeup.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2015

The car which stood throbbing at the door of the hotel was large and handsome, as if made to match my cousin, and it was painted flame color.

From The Chauffeur and the Chaperon by Anderson, Karl

Running to the window, she saw darting through the trees birds of such a brilliant flame color that they seemed direct from the tropics, and their notes were almost as varied as their colors.

From Nature's Serial Story by Roe, Edward Payson

The faint clouds in the west were getting a superb flame color above and a misty purple below, and the sun had shot them with lances of yellow light.

From Main-Travelled Roads by Garland, Hamlin

A great head appeared, with eyes and mouth—yes! and nose, too—all a glaring flame color.

From The Tale of Solomon Owl by Bailey, Arthur Scott