reddish

Blueberries sweeten it and lend a lovely reddish hue.

And yet atollas gain their reddish coloration from pigments called porphyrins, which don’t absorb blue light all that well and which, if exposed to bright light, emit toxins.

Every orifice we can see—Autumn’s mouth, eyes, ears, and nose—is emanating a reddish light.

The one time she had stopped using the poultice, her hair had soon begun to reveal its true color: a striking reddish brown, quite like the color of the children’s hair, and wonderfully shiny, too.

By that she meant reddish, although a person who was accustomed to talking about hair would be more likely to describe it as a rich auburn.