cherry red

noun

1. a bright red; cherry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cherry red¹

First recorded in 1585–95

Example Sentences

In one room lined with faux-wood paneling and cherry-red ottomans, she even shows herself in each painting twice, dressed in form-fitting animal-print tights and happily engaged in wrestling matches with herself.

From Los Angeles Times

For a more workable approach, style watchers have declared a “pop of red” the fashion power move of the season: a swipe of cherry-red lipstick, a pair of scarlet socks or a crimson shoulder bag.

From New York Times

As the soft-focus strangeness of the moment settles in, the cherry-red tags on their clothes punch through, and the eerie feeling dawns that this might be an ad for Supreme x Levi’s or an airport.

From New York Times

Back at the crumbling, moss-covered, generator-powered cottage where she hangs her cherry-red windbreaker, she records her observations, which amounts to rows and rows of the words “No change.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Academy Museum makes up for its carceral benches with a dramatic circular, cherry-red banquette that sits inside the curving gallery that holds historic Oscar statuettes.

From Los Angeles Times