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Color:
Lust


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Root beer
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Cayenne
Sangria
Signal Red
Burnt umber
Venetian red
Fiery Red
Bole
Liver
Molten Lava
Vivid red
Rum
Dull Red
Muddy Red
Vermilion
Cedar
Tin
Fire opal
Terra cotta
Bittersweet
Faint Blush
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Cadmium red
Spanish red
Imperial red
Pomegranate
Lava
Vivid red
Venetian red
Cherry Red
Vermilion
Sunburst
Deep Orange
Cinnabar
Crimson
Coquelicot
Sinopia
Scarlet
Medium red
Persimmon
Ember
Vivid crimson
Flame
Poppy
Red
Rich carmine
Alizarin
Mahogany
Rusty red
Tomato
Vivid orange
Jasper
Words evoked by this color:
madder,  perceptible,  var,  vittorio,  shinto,  dynasty,  napoleon,  napoleonic,  empire,  lave,  lassen,  etna,  volcanism,  cinnabar,  poppy,  emphatic,  hurry,  cayenne,  ted,  ned,  komsomol,  scala,  elmo,  pimiento,  racy,  aries,  ares,  arouse,  arousing,  erred,  sichuan,  analogous,  paprika,  areology,  martian,  mars,  urgent,  rudyard,  impatient,  furious,  inflame,  daredevil,  alarmed,  assertive,  rush,  inflamed,  tomato,  insistence,  rashly,  enrage
Literary analysis:
Across literature, "lust" is deployed as a multifaceted term that conveys intense desire in various forms. In classical epics, it emerges as a force subject to divine retribution or heroic exaltation, as seen when it is condemned in the struggle against lawlessness and unruly appetites ([1], [2]). In philosophical treatises, it prompts ethical reflection—its excess is meticulously weighed against moral choices and human frailties ([3], [4], [5]). Meanwhile, in both poetic and narrative works, lust is depicted as a potent, often destructive, passion; it drives characters to acts of violence, infidelity, or even the pursuit of material riches ([6], [7], [8]). Across these contexts, the term encapsulates both the allure of sensuality and the perils of unbridled desire, underscoring its enduring complexity in literature.
  1. Loth as thou art to punish lawless lust, Not all the gods are partial and unjust.
    — from The Iliad by Homer
  2. Moreover I feel the lust of battle burn more fiercely within me, while my hands and my feet under me are more eager for the fray.
    — from The Iliad by Homer
  3. Explanation—Whether this desire be excessive or not, it is still called lust.
    — from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza
  4. ] Such as are more justly objects of wrath are more unjust, Actions of Lust are more unjust P. 168, l. 3.
    — from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle
  5. Again: whereas Lust is frequently opposed to Moral Choice, Lust is not to Lust.
    — from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle
  6. But I am distrustful of your doggish lust.
    — from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
  7. Nothing stirred within his soul but a cold and cruel and loveless lust.
    — from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
  8. His wicked lust for gold kindled at the news, and he bent her to his will.
    — from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle


Colors associated with the word:
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Carmine
Rose
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Fuchsia 
Wine
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Garnet
Sangria
Blush
Pomegranate
Claret
Amaranth
Vermilion
Words with similar colors:
salacious,  intercourse,  erotic,  orgy,  coitus,  temptation,  seduce,  shaw,  copulation,  penetration,  suggestive,  scandalous,  seduction,  vamping,  lustful,  erotica,  libidinous,  erogenous,  redox,  tempted
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