beet red
Shade of mortification
Beet red describes the deep purplish-red color of a cooked beet.
The phrase almost always refers to a flushed face—from embarrassment, exertion, or anger: She turned beet red when he mentioned the incident.
Also spelled as one word: beetred.
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- flushedReddened from emotion
- embarrassedSelf-consciously uncomfortable
- scarletBright orangish-red color
- blushFacial reddening from emotion
tomato · radish · shame · rosy · vermillion · beetroot · ruddy · florid · mortified · burgundy · ruby · wine · blood · angry · hot under the collar · heated · sunburned · lobster
- Food Colorantscarmine, annatto, natural color, artificial colors, colorants
- red pigmentsvermilion, cinnabar, carmine, alizarin, madder
facial color/complexion
beet redpale
Lacking color intensity
white as a sheet · ashen · pallid · white as a ghost · colorless
emotional state signaled
beet redcool as a cucumber
Extremely calm and composed
composed · unflushed · unruffled · poker-faced · unflappable
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