Adjective: scarlet skaa(r)-lut
- Having a colour at the end of the colour spectrum (next to orange); resembling the colour of blood, cherries, tomatoes or rubies
"The picture would come through dark with a scarlet tinge";
- red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, reddy, rufescent
- A variable colour that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
"The cardinal's scarlet robes stood out in the crowd";
- vermilion, orange red
Derived forms: scarlets
See also: chromatic
Encyclopedia: Scarlet, John