crimson

Distinguished by a red-tiled facade and paper lanterns hanging overhead, the shrine had offering cups arranged in rows on a crimson table and a bronze urn spouting wisps of incense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

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

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

Hints of pink eye shadow, dark eyeliner, red pigmented eyebrows and crimson lipstick complete the transformation — the next “national treasure” has taken the stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

Roses ranging from the deepest crimson to the snowiest white ran above the windows.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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

Decked in calm crimsons, blues and yellows, like their 13th Century counterparts, Mr. Saint's saints & sinners glowed from the glass with equal clarity.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Juliet, now, was crimsoned with shame and embarrassment.

From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney

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

Her voice grew tremulous, and spoke displeasure; but her eyes still sedulously shunned his, and still her cheeks were crimsoned.

From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney

“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

Her head drooped until her brown curls half hid her crimsoning face, and her voice was low and troubled.

From The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly

“Oh, no, uncle,” faltered Sage, crimsoning more deeply, every trace of emotion being duly noted by him who was probing her to the quick.

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by George Manville Fenn

I felt myself crimsoning with shame, and hid my face on the shoulder of Cornelius.

From Daisy Burns (Volume 1) by Julia Kavanagh

But the maid was crimsoning uncomfortably, for at this moment there arose the sound of some one playing the piano in the music room near by.

From The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas by Margaret Vandercook