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Color:
Currant


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Colors with the same hue:
Licorice
Dark Chocolate
Old burgundy
Chianti
Port
Garnet
Fig
Vivid crimson
Cherry Red
Bold Red
Alizarin
Indian red
Faded Rose
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Sable
Old burgundy
Espresso
Roast coffee
Liver
Eclipse
Garnet
Fig
Root beer
Wenge
Bole
Merlot
Wine
Cabernet
Temptress
Molasses
Licorice
Auberg
Port
Catawba
Dark Chocolate
Clove
Carbon
Cordovan
Sooty Black
Tobacco
Prune
Nutmeg
Syrah
Bordeaux
Words evoked by this color:
sabling,  collie,  zambezi,  caribou,  muddled,  nuance,  bighorn,  tasteful,  niche,  moderately,  transitional,  infrequent,  restrained,  understated,  eland,  brownish,  contour,  contoured,  mondo,  silt,  mink,  mousy,  mendoza,  espresso,  coffee,  tiramisu,  demitasse,  joe,  cafe,  barista,  blackguard,  blackie,  marinade,  liver,  hepatocellular,  spaniel,  cellar,  humic,  alcoholism,  filth,  befoul,  foul,  nasty,  trample,  spelunker,  truffle,  entrenched,  mine,  pine,  turpentine
Literary analysis:
In literature the term "currant" has often been adopted not just to signify the fruit but to denote a rich, distinctive hue—a deep, vibrant red with subtle nuances. For instance, in some texts it appears in technical color catalogs with assigned numbers, as seen in [1], [2], [3], and [4], where “Currant” and its variants (such as “Red Currant” and “Golden Currant”) mark specific shades in a sequence. Meanwhile, literary figures have employed the adjective more evocatively, as in Shakespeare’s reference to a “currant lippe” in [5], where the term vividly conjures the image of lips tinted with a luscious, deep red reminiscent of the fruit. Together, these usages underscore how "currant" bridges both precise, almost scientific, descriptions of color and the rich, imaginative imagery of poetic expression.
  1. Currant, 242 .
    — from Lowney's Cook Book Illustrated in Colors by Maria Willett Howard
  2. 69 Red Currant.
    — from Field and Woodland Plants by William S. Furneaux
  3. Currant, Golden, 214 .
    — from Field Book of Western Wild Flowers by Margaret Armstrong
  4. 136 Currant, Red (torpor) .
    — from Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
  5. Since that our Theame is haste, I stamp this kisse upon thy currant lippe; Sweete, keepe it as my Token.
    — from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare


Colors associated with the word:
Dark red
Burgundy
Maroon 
Crimson 
Wine
Ruby
Garnet
Claret
Berry
Plum 
Scarlet 
Raspberry
Pomegranate
Merlot
Sangria
Mahogany
Oxblood
Bordeaux
Words with similar colors:
debt,  resent,  myoglobin,  acrimonious,  pathology,  cramp,  exasperated,  leech,  hypertension,  rankle,  glower,  recrimination,  rancour,  thrombosis,  coagulate,  scornful,  debtor,  aggrieve,  aggrievance,  opprobrious
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