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cardinal red
noun
A bright red colour, between scarlet and crimson.
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Red Perhaps designers have been influenced by the events in Rome – cardinal red was particularly eye-catching at Christian Dior and Valentino in long and flowing, languid silhouettes and on PVC at Maison Martin Margiela and knitted at Hermes.
Cardinal red.
Cardinal red, the same as the seats.
Clad in Cardinal red, she paused for the national anthem, her right hand over her heart.
Brown has, well brown, with a little cardinal red thrown in for pizazz.
Cardinal red was suffused on virtually every blouse and cap and kerchief in sight.
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More common species include: American robin, barn swallow, field sparrow, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, northern cardinal, red-winged blackbird and the American goldfinch.
Worn by the clergy as early as the 5th century, it became in time the standard day wear for prelates and priests, hierarchical rank being indicated by colour: bishops, archbishops, and other prelates wore purple; cardinals, red; the pope, white; and ordinary clergy, black (see also Roman Catholicism).
A path leads to the cardinal-red front door, which opens to a hall with the original staircase and balusters.
She stopped crying, the rain continued to fall, and I took off my cardinal-red hat to feel it.
Valentino, whose design duo has drawn on religious iconography and has shown covered-up clothes, had a cardinal-red dress, plain, ankle length and with long sleeves.
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