crimson

• These in the after-glow blush crimson, and through their rifts the depth of heaven is of a hard and gem-like blue, and all the water turns to rose beneath them. —  New Italian sketches
• The body was of a flesh colour; the wings broad and of a tender green, with blue, crimson, and orange spots. —  In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting
• The leaves of the poison oak had turned crimson, the tall tamaracks in the high mountains were gold, frost crystals glittered each morning on the planks and boards, but Big Squaw creek kept running steadily and the sunshine soon melted the skim ice that formed over night By this time Bruce had a fresh worry. —  The Man from the Bitter Roots
• I use it only previous to throwing on down, such as in the calyx of geranium, primrose, &c A rich crimson is produced by the application of the crimson powder upon pink wax A darker crimson, by adding a little of the darkest crimson powder to the former. —  The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling
• Mix a little white powder with some crimson, and paint all the petals half way down lightly with this colour. —  The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling

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