dark red
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A document labeled “CONFIDENTIAL” dated Sep. 3, 2013, outlined the multi-page agreement between Gates and Nikolic in a “partnership interest,” including edits in dark red.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
In Portland, Oregon, where Chelsea is based, thick smoke from the worst wildfires in the state’s history cast the city in a dark red shadow, as if it was some sort of underworld.
From Salon • May 10, 2025
He takes me through to a second bedroom, hung with dark red curtains and a double bed squeezed beside a wooden wardrobe.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024
Shin Joon Hwan, an ecologist, walked along a road lined with cherry trees on the verge of blooming last week, examining the fine hairs around their dark red buds.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024
Ramsay was clad in black and pink—black boots, black belt and scabbard, black leather jerkin over a pink velvet doublet slashed with dark red satin.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
