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atomic tangerine

atomic tangerine noun: a light orange colour.

Noun

atomic tangerine

  1. A light orange colour.
    • The jokes are dust, and Blair, it is rumoured, is living on a jet full time, flying away from himself or, as I think more probable, under a spray-tan machine, staining himself that peculiar shade of orange that interior decorators call Atomic Tangerine, a fine mirror for his madness.2016 April 2, Tanya Gold, “Bellanger review: a posh Islington restaurant for semi-ordinary people”, in The Spectator
    • Becoming Trump requires a full hour of hair and makeup. He tapes three large photographs of the president, one in profile and two straight-on, to any mirror he’s using, and then uses Ben Nye CoCo Tan foundation to turn his skin the requisite shade of atomic tangerine, dabs on wrinkles, lengthens...2017 June 23, Jordan Kisner, “Being Donald Trump: the life of an impersonator”, in The Guardian

Examples of atomic tangerine in a sentence

  • Partida Creus’ “Cart Ver” is atomic tangerine in color and so delicious it’s trouble.2018 March 20, Marissa A. Ross, ““Orange Wine” Needs to Go Away—Hear Me Out”, in Bon Appétit:
  • Officially dubbed as “Atomic Tangerine” the home’s distinctive facade is one part quirky to nine parts endearing.2019 July 10, Miriam Schwartz, “Cambridge home a tangerine dream”, in The Boston Herald:

Origin of atomic tangerine

From the name of a fluorescent Crayola crayon released in 1972.

Questions about atomic tangerine

What does atomic tangerine mean?
Atomic tangerine means a light orange colour.
How do you use atomic tangerine in a sentence?
Partida Creus’ “Cart Ver” is atomic tangerine in color and so delicious it’s trouble.
What part of speech is atomic tangerine?
Atomic tangerine is a noun.

Words near atomic tangerine in the dictionary

  1. atomic power
  2. atomic radii
  3. atomic radius
  4. atomic reactor
  5. atomic reactors
  6. atomic tangerine
  7. atomic theories
  8. atomic theory
  9. atomic time
  10. atomic typo
  11. atomic typos

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