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Color:
Cerise


More info:
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Colors with the same hue:
Claret
Syrah
Pictorial carmine
Amaranth purple
Plasma Red
Hibiscus Red
Raspberry
Razzmatazz
Ruby
Vivid raspberry
Rocket metallic
Rose Gold
Patchouli
Brink pink
Salmon pink
Light Pink
Blush Rose
Pale pink
Nearby colors:
Paradise pink
Dogwood rose
Royal red
Bright maroon
Maroon 
Dingy Dungeon
Spanish carmine
Amaranth
French raspberry
Infrared
Fiery rose
Neon pink
French rose
Spanish crimson
Neon fuchsia
Words evoked by this color:
che,  topped,  cerise,  casework,  picked,  uncommonly,  amara,  rarest,  unusual,  uncommon,  amaranth,  brick,  stoop,  manhattan,  hearth,  towne,  quadrangle,  mason,  shawshank,  doorstep,  roxbury,  bodega,  fredericksburg,  london,  jamestown,  neighborhood,  hampstead,  rubin,  rubinstein,  ruben,  rub,  baccarat,  jem,  forty,  fortieth,  angelina,  ary,  magdalen,  pinkerton,  magdalena,  flamboyant,  bougainvillea,  rani,  magna,  cosmopolitan,  ponce,  punched,  bougainville,  fabulous,  methylated
Literary analysis:
In literature the hue cerise is deployed not only as a vivid splash of pinkish‐red but also as a marker of intricate design in textile descriptions and pattern instructions. Detailed accounts appear in works where cerise is alternated with white in knitting or embroidery motifs ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]), emphasizing both its precision and visual charm. At the same time, cerise enriches narrative settings by lending a striking presence to garments and accessories—a bow on a dog’s collar ([7]), a sash on a kimono ([8]), a belt matching a goblet’s wine ([9]), or even silk stockings that reveal themselves with each step ([10]). Authors also refer to cerise in more descriptive, painterly language, noting phrases such as “very bright cerise” ([11]) or “cerise carmine, flushed crimson” ([12]), which underscore its energetic character and refined elegance. This layered usage of cerise—as both a technical color in design instructions and a vibrant descriptor in aesthetic language—demonstrates its versatility and enduring appeal across varied literary contexts ([13], [14]).
  1. 11th: X 1 cerise on next, 6 white, 3 cerise, 1 white, 1 cerise, 1 white, 3 cerise, 6 white, 1 cerise, 3 in 1, X 6 times.
    — from The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown
  2. 12th: X 1 cerise in next, 6 white, 11 cerise, 6 white, 1 cerise.
    — from The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown
  3. White and cerise alternately, a single stitch of each, with 3 in 1 at the points.
    — from The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown
  4. 21st: X 1 cerise in next, * 3 white, 2 cerise, * 8 times (the white over white, the cerise over cerise), 3 white, 1 cerise, 3 cerise in 1, X 6 times.
    — from The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown
  5. 22nd: X 1 cerise in next, 3 white, * 1 cerise, 2 white over 2 cerise, 1 cerise, 1 white, * 8 times, 2 more white, 1 cerise, 3 cerise in 1, X 6 times.
    — from The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown
  6. 22nd: X 1 cerise in next, 3 white, * 1 cerise, 2 white over 2 cerise, 1 cerise, 1 white, * 8 times, 2 more white, 1 cerise, 3 cerise in 1, X 6 times.
    — from The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc. by Unknown
  7. Link heard her exclaim in protest as the groom removed from the dog's collar a huge cerise bow she had just affixed there.
    — from His Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
  8. She has a little rosebud mouth and a small straight nose and she wore the most beautiful kimono, all blue with a cerise sash or obi , as it is called.
    — from The Motor Maids in Fair Japan by Katherine Stokes
  9. He wears a cerise belt round his tunic exactly matching the wine in the goblet he carries.
    — from Plays of Near & Far by Lord Dunsany
  10. With each pace the slashed silken skirt parted to reveal a shameless glimpse of cerise silk stocking.
    — from Cheerful—By Request by Edna Ferber
  11. Very bright cerise.
    — from Roses and Rose Growing by Rose Georgina Kingsley
  12. Cerise carmine, flushed crimson.
    — from Roses and Rose Growing by Rose Georgina Kingsley
  13. "These new cerise shades are all the rage now in Paris, N'Yo'k an' Boston," agreed the young person, promptly pulling out another box.
    — from Those Brewster Children by Florence Morse Kingsley
  14. (Did you see her with the cerise feather in her hat that the young gentleman called 'facie'?)
    — from Miss Million's Maid: A Romance of Love and Fortune by Berta Ruck


Colors associated with the word:
Cerise
Fuchsia 
Magenta 
Rose
Raspberry
Pink 
Hot pink
Red-violet 
Blush
Carmine
Crimson 
Scarlet 
Burgundy
Wine
Maroon 
Ruby
Sangria
Amaranth
Words with similar colors:
ponce,  blowsy,  cyclamen,  magna,  azalea,  rani,  fose,  giro,  ose,  fink,  pion,  magdalena,  bougainville,  pink,  fabulous,  cosmopolitan,  vivacious,  flamboyant,  viva,  fuchsia


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