reddish

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Unfortunately, this beautiful coat, which ranges in color from a reddish tan to a dark granite, also made them attractive prey for trappers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Buried in the reddish soil of southern China lies latent power: one of the largest clusters of crucial rare earths is mined around the clock by a secretive and heavily guarded industry.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

One early proposal suggested that these objects were unusually dense galaxies filled with enormous numbers of stars, with their reddish color caused by thick layers of dust.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He stood there in his petty officer’s uniform, tall and almost shockingly broad-shouldered and thin-hipped, his cap pushed slightly back, the sun lighting on the patch of reddish hair that showed.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson