fire engine red

English

Adjective

fire engine red (comparative more fire engine red, superlative most fire engine red)

1. A bright red colour typically used on fire engines
   • 2023 January 20, Dan Bilefsky, “American Expatriates in Paris Wish Emily Cooper Would Go Home”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Some wear fire engine red berets, just like Emily.

Noun

fire engine red (countable and uncountable, plural fire engine reds)

1. A bright red colour typically used on fire engines

   fire engine red:  

   • 2006, Mi-Ling Stone Poole, Ask Mi-ling!: When You Want the Truth About Decorating, page 2:

     The fireplace is currently painted fire engine red with a high gloss finish. We want to tone this down to a more natural look.

See also

redsedit

• blood red
• brick red
• burgundy
• cardinal
• carmine
• carnation
• cerise
• cherry
• cherry red
• Chinese red
• cinnabar
• claret
• crimson
• damask
• fire brick
• fire engine red
• flame
• flamingo
• fuchsia
• garnet
• geranium
• gules
• hot pink
• incarnadine
• Indian red
• magenta
• maroon
• misty rose
• nacarat
• oxblood
• pillar-box red
• pink
• Pompeian red
• poppy
• raspberry
• red violet
• rose
• rouge
• ruby
• ruddy
• salmon
• sanguine
• scarlet
• shocking pink
• stammel
• strawberry
• Turkey red
• Venetian red
• vermilion
• vinaceous
• vinous
• violet red
• wine