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Brick red   /brɪk rɛd/   Listen
Brick red

noun
1.
A bright reddish-brown color.






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"Brick red" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the conspiracy, of course," said Rupert, nodding. Major Brown turned brick red. "I beg your pardon," he said, ...
— The Club of Queer Trades • G. K. Chesterton

... man of short stature, his weather beaten face was brick red, his skin of a yellowish-brown like an Indian's, his body clumsy, his head very large, his legs were bowed, his whole frame denoted exceptional strength, especially the arms, which terminated in huge hands. His grizzled hair resembled ...
— An Antarctic Mystery • Jules Verne

... pots over it, selected his prunes, and measured out a tablespoonful of black tea. In the respite he had while the water heated he dug a small mirror out of the sack and looked at himself. His long, untrimmed hair was blond, and the inch of stubble on his face was brick red. There were tiny creases at the corners of his eyes, caused by the blistering sleet and cold wind of the Arctic coast. He grimaced as he studied himself. Then his face lighted up ...
— God's Country—And the Woman • James Oliver Curwood

... it was, black, ominous, gigantic, rolling up over the horizon like some monstrous football. Around it the sky deepened into purple, fringed with a wide belt of brick red. She had never seen such a beginning of a gale. From what she had read in books she imagined that only in great deserts were clouds of dust generated. There could not be dust in the dense pall now rushing ...
— The Wings of the Morning • Louis Tracy



Words linked to "Brick red" :   reddish brown, mahogany, burnt sienna, sepia, Venetian red



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