crimson

Brilliant blue and white stars sparkle against glowing crimson clouds of hydrogen gas, creating a breathtaking scene that resembles fireworks shining through drifting smoke.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

Miranda-Martin embraced the lack of light and painted it a high-gloss crimson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

So back to this Thursday, and I am surrounded by other happy honorees in a bubbling brew of crimson robes and black caps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

King Charles will deliver the proposals from a golden throne in the House of Lords upper chamber while wearing the diamond-studded Imperial State Crown and a long crimson robe.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

Three hours she gave to stitching, with gold thread, the border of a square crimson cloth, almost large enough for a carpet.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Sunsets will seem to happen in slow motion, the full pallet of pinks and crimsons and rouge-reds lingering for an hour.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2014

The lines were angularly primitive, the colors warm turquoise blues, smoldering crimsons, emerald greens, rich topaz yellows.

From Time Magazine Archive

Courtiers stride by in the muted gold and crimsons of Piero della Francesca; cobblestones and horsemen diminish into the serene infinities of Uccello.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ballet chorus, dressed in autumn colors as peasants, in regal purples and crimsons as court maidens, in severe white as swans, made a gorgeous frame for the principal action.

From Time Magazine Archive

The towering tents are striped in white and black, no golds and crimsons to be seen.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Junior smirked, crimsoned under his tan, and refused to say.*

From Time Magazine Archive

In perfect aesthetic juxtaposition, Gorey's costumes are funereal black, with ruby splashes in a proffered drink or a crimsoned pendant to accent the theme of Dracula's blood lust.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the far end of the room, Mathurin was moving restlessly about on his crutches, with crimsoned face, utterly unable to keep his nerves under control.

From Autumn Glory The Toilers of the Field by Ren? Bazin

Suddenly Goldberg, Goldberg of the illimitable brow, sprang to his feet with shaking fist and crimsoned face.

From The Lash by Olin L. Lyman

New Lady Burdon, ill at ease in this house, crimsoned to think it had been read.

From The Happy Warrior by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson

“Truly a beautiful sight,” the periodical opined, “in direct contrast with the expanse of white, whether appearing in thinly scattered patches, or crimsoning the hills and plains for miles around.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023

The words slipped from Louise Vine’s lips like an escaped thought, and the moment they were spoken, she shrank away with her pale cheeks crimsoning, and she gazed guiltily at her companion.

From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by George Manville Fenn

The silhouette of horse and rider stood out stark, almost colossal, against the crimsoning skyline.

From In Jeopardy by Van Tassel Sutphen

What on earth would Betty Ashton not have given at this moment to have prevented her cheeks from suddenly crimsoning in such a ridiculous fashion?

From The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas by Margaret Vandercook

"Ah! he is a poor boy," she replied; the whole expression of her countenance softening at his name, and her sallow cheeks crimsoning with a tender flush.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by E. Rameur