crimson

The dim crimson haze can be easy to overlook, but it is created by powerful activity taking place far above Earth.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 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

But by now in early January those crimson leaves are probably already looking crumpled.

From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026

Lovely as the basket was, there were flowers as lovely to fill it with, sweet-smelling narcissus and hyacinths and violets and yellow crocus, and most radiant of all, the crimson splendor of the wild rose.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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 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

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

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

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

Her face crimsoned as she came toward her.

From The Leaven in a Great City by Lillian William Betts

And night was settling down upon the sea, through the crimsoned purple of the last afterglow.

From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

A hectic flush crimsoned Falk's cheeks; he spoke feverishly.

From The Red Room by August Strindberg

“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

"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

Men jeered at her, as she stood with the hot blood crimsoning her cheek, while the made-up women around seemed, to her, grinning over her impending fall. 

From Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

The sudden crimsoning of Vi's cheek contradicted that suspicion instantly, and the woman corrected herself.

From Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children by Martha Finley

“Don’t you dare,” she cried, her face crimsoning, her eyes beginning to flash.

From The Locusts' Years by Mary Helen Fee