cerise

Ripe fruit red

Cerise is a bright, vivid red with a slight pink or cherry tint.

The word comes from French for cherry, and the color evokes ripe cherries: a cerise silk scarf, lipstick in a bold cerise shade.

It sits between red and pink on the spectrum, warmer than magenta but cooler than scarlet.

color

crimson

Deep purplish-red shade

carmine · ruby · scarlet · pinkish · rose · blush · garnet · vermilion · wine · claret

fruit

orchard

Fruit tree plantation

tart · sweet · sour · Rainier · maraschino · kirsch · clafoutis · compote · cobbler · pie

fashion

couture

Custom high-fashion design

chic · lipstick · nail lacquer · gown · dress · blouse · scarf · accessory · handbag · heel

pigment

carmine

Deep red from insects

alizarin · dye · tint · hue · shade · ink · paint · watercolor · acrylic · fabric dye

Categories
Opposites
color spectrum position

ceriseteal

Shade between aqua, cyan

cyan · turquoise · aquamarine · seafoam · viridian

chromatic saturation

ceriseachromatic

Lacking visible hue

neutral · gray · grey · black · white

tonal warmth/intensity

ceriseslate

Fissile metamorphic rock

charcoal · burgundy · maroon · oxblood · navy

Family

cherry, cherries, cherry-picked, cherrylike, cherry-picker, cherrywood, cherry-red, cherry-pick

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