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Indian reds

Indian reds is the plural of Indian red.

Meaning of Indian red

Noun

Indian red (countable and uncountable, plural Indian reds)

  1. Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods like calcinating green copperas.
    • Bradly paid no attention to either intrusion on his meditations, which at that moment were deeply concerned with adding Payne's grey to a combination of cobalt and Indian red for keying down his palette in the treatment of light reflected on water.1938, Norman Lindsay, chapter IX, in Age of Consent, London: T[homas] Werner Laurie […], →OCLC, page 98
    1. Specifically, iron saffron.
  2. The colour of Indian red pigment: a variety of dark, purplish reds.

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Questions about Indian reds

What is Indian reds the plural of?
Indian reds is the plural of Indian red.

Words near Indian reds in the dictionary

  1. Indian potato
  2. Indian potatoes
  3. Indian pudding
  4. Indian puddings
  5. Indian red
  6. Indian reds
  7. Indian relay
  8. Indian relish
  9. Indian relishes
  10. Indian Reserve No. 23
  11. Indian rhino

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