rose-colored
adjective
rose-col·ored
ˈrōz-ˌkə-lərd 
1
: having a rose color
2
: seeing or seen in a promising light : optimistic
Examples of rose-colored in a Sentence
an incurable optimist sees the world through a rose-colored perspective
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Light poured down the long hallway, dimpled and rose-colored, the dust from the carpet rising and falling.
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Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
And for many Chinese, mostly those left behind by the country’s dramatic, gilded transformation since economic reform, memories of Mao-era social equality, the exaltation of the working classes, and a national sense of common purpose are increasingly rose-colored.
—Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2016
The more rose-colored put a soft focus on Vacationland nostalgia—a lobster roll for lunch at McLoons on Sprucehead Island, an art director's fantasy of coastal quaint.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
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Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
And for many Chinese, mostly those left behind by the country’s dramatic, gilded transformation since economic reform, memories of Mao-era social equality, the exaltation of the working classes, and a national sense of common purpose are increasingly rose-colored.
—Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2016
The more rose-colored put a soft focus on Vacationland nostalgia—a lobster roll for lunch at McLoons on Sprucehead Island, an art director's fantasy of coastal quaint.
—Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
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“Rose-colored.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rose-colored. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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