Indian red

Meaning

Noun

1. Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods like calcinating green copperas.
2. Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods like calcinating green copperas.
3. The colour of Indian red pigment: a variety of dark, purplish reds.

Adj

Having the colour of Indian red pigment.

Synonyms

raddle

Indian ochre

iron saffron

almagra

Translations

almagre

almagra

almagre

Etymology

1672 pigment, c. 1810–27 colour and adjective. Indian + red, the pigment originally being an earth obtained from the East Indies.