fire-engine red

noun fire-en·gine red \ ˈfī(-ə)r-ˌen-jən- \

|Updated on: 15 Jul 2018

Definition of fire-engine red

: a bright red

Recent Examples of fire-engine red from the Web

The lively floral motif was an elegant foil to the fire-engine red hue that was revisited on Jones’s leg-lengthening stilettos.

— edward barsamian, Vogue, "Newlywed Felicity Jones Steps Out in the Perfect Honeymoon Dress," 2 July 2018
To put it simply, in a way that even me, a person who has only dyed a one-inch section of my naturally brown hair fire-engine red, the components are as follows: pigment, ammonia strength, and developer.

— devon abelman, Allure, "How Instagram Sparked the Indie Hair-Color Brand Revolution," 27 June 2018
And at the Old Town development in Columbus, Ga., which has single-family homes and apartments, the architecture and planning firm Historical Concepts created a mailroom with turquoise walls and a fire-engine red glass chandelier.

— candace taylor, WSJ, "Inside the High-End Mailrooms Wealthy Residents Visit When They’ve Got Mail," 7 June 2018
His fire-engine red hair is as real as his speaking style.

— rebecca asoulin, The Christian Science Monitor, "What the March for Our Lives looked like through the eyes of young reporters," 26 Mar. 2018
Rosa is wearing a fire-engine red dress with a red and white scarf.

— crocker stephenson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Better Angels: It took kindness, patience and love to restore Gloria to the world," 26 Mar. 2018
Perhaps nothing announced Northam’s arrival better than the fire-engine red 1953 Oldsmobile parked in front of the 200-year-old governor’s mansion.

— laura vozzella, Washington Post, "Fiddlers, native Americans and a champion oyster shucker salute new Va. governor," 6 Mar. 2018
Garishness gives way to sophistication as lavender and fire-engine red make visual magic.

— david pagel, latimes.com, "When a rectangle is more than a rectangle: Making sense of Patrick Wilson's colorful chaos," 5 Feb. 2018
In fact, the fire-engine red, big-nosed caricature is ... what’s the word that white folks hate again?

— angela helm, The Root, "The Cleveland Indians Are Getting Rid of Racist Logo but Sticking to Racist Name," 29 Jan. 2018

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