scarlet
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Then she’s back, her scarlet blazer and marbled scarf bright against the white walls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Billed "scarlet red" with purple pinstripes by the SFA, Scotland football fans have questioned the colour of the so-called "retro" away kit, with many branding it coral, orange or Irn Bru colour.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
In the film, Huppert's countess character returns to life in a scarlet red funeral barge sailing into in the Seegrotte, an underground Viennese lake popular with tourists.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Studies show that ʻiʻiwi, also known as the scarlet honeycreeper, face a mortality rate of about 90 percent if infected.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 11, 2026
The lady in the scarlet kirtle dropped her wooden bowl onto the ground.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
As passing days begin to ignite the scarlets and the golds on treetops or twigs, Friday helped show how much their flame owes to the autumn sunshine.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2022
Many species of the small, tropical bird sport deep black feathers and splashes of eye-catching color — electric yellows, traffic-cone oranges and nearly neon scarlets.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2021
“His brush is loaded with lots of oil paint in scarlets and pale pinks. You get a sense of the movement, texture and lusciousness of the painted surface.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2016
The scarlets, cobalts and chrome yellows are intense in some passages, depleted in others.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2010
She imagines her granddaughter pale, gliding through paleness, malnourished and cold without the food of scarlets and greens.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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