carroty

Like red hair

Carroty describes hair that is bright orange-red, like a carrot.

The word is slightly playful or teasing—you might describe a child's carroty curls affectionately, but calling an adult's hair carroty could sound mocking: a freckled boy with carroty hair.

color

ginger

Pungent culinary rhizome

russet · auburn · titian · flame · apricot · amber · rufous · sandy · strawberry-blonde · coppery

hair

redhead

Auburn-haired individual

freckled · fiery · red-haired · strawberry-blonde · rufous · sandy · flame-haired · reddish

vegetable

parsnip

Pale edible taproot

celeriac · kohlrabi · swede · rutabaga · daikon · taproots · root vegetables · beta-carotene · vitamin A · fiber

Opposites
hair color

carrotyblack-haired

Having dark head strands

raven-haired · dark-haired · brunette · jet-black · sable

COLOR HUE (general)

carrotyblue

Primary color; also sad

green · teal · cyan · bluish · greenish

Phrases
Family

carrot, carrots, carrottop, carrot-top, carrottops

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G