lobster red
Severely sunburned shade
Lobster red is the vivid red-orange color of a cooked lobster—lobsters turn this bright hue when boiled.
The phrase typically describes severe sunburn: He came back from the beach lobster red.
Like beet red, it emphasizes an alarming intensity of redness on human skin.
- scarletBright orangish-red color
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- fire engineFirefighter response vehicle
- boiledHeated until bubbling
- shellfishAquatic creatures with exoskeletons
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