: any of several deep purplish reds
: of the color crimson
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Verb
he crimsoned the minute he realized the foolishness of what he'd said
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
Shorter blue wavelengths of sunlight are scattered away — in much the same way Rayleigh scattering turns the sky red at sunset — while longer orange and red wavelengths pass more easily, only to get bent, or refracted onto the moon's disk, turning it a muted, bloody crimson.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
During totality, a close-up will reveal the moon’s maria darken as the entire lunar surface takes on rusty, crimson and pinkish tones.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2025
Riding the rails gives you time to slow down and look at the canopy’s changing hues, from chartreuse to crimson.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Her smoky eye played with similar tones, while her lips were lined in a rich crimson hue and filled with a ruby red.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026
Shorter blue wavelengths of sunlight are scattered away — in much the same way Rayleigh scattering turns the sky red at sunset — while longer orange and red wavelengths pass more easily, only to get bent, or refracted onto the moon's disk, turning it a muted, bloody crimson.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Part of the ensemble stands supernaturally perched over this crimson room, elevated, like a biblical cloud of witnesses gathered to watch the beginning of this slightly demonic fable.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Feb. 2026
During totality, a close-up will reveal the moon’s maria darken as the entire lunar surface takes on rusty, crimson and pinkish tones.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Feb. 2026
Verb
Kalen DeBoer went from hot seat to crimson ottoman at the end of September, when No. 17 Alabama pushed past No. 5 Georgia at Sanford Stadium.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2025
Riding the rails gives you time to slow down and look at the canopy’s changing hues, from chartreuse to crimson.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Crimson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crimson. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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crimson
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: to make or become crimson
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