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Color:
Lava


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Colors with the same hue:
Root beer
Cayenne
Cranberry
Fiery Red
Firebrick
Bole
Liver
Cadmium red
Spanish red
Sweet Brown
Molten Lava
Cognac
Clove
Muddy Red
Tin
Hemp
Burnished brown
Fire opal
Bittersweet
Salmon
Faint Blush
Similar colors:
Venetian red
Cherry Red
Cadmium red
Spanish red
Imperial red
Lust
Medium red
Vivid crimson
Crimson
Vermilion
Fiery Red
Bold Red
Sunburst
Rich carmine
Madder Lake
Alizarin
Rusty red
Jasper
Cinnabar
Sinopia
Rufous
Firebrick
Pomegranate
Cardinal
Poppy
Amaranth
Mahogany
Vivid red
Signal Red
Molten Lava
Words evoked by this color:
lave,  lassen,  etna,  volcanism,  philippine,  rialto,  venezia,  venice,  cherry,  cher,  delicious,  picking,  drupe,  puckered,  tart,  popsicle,  sucker,  shirley,  1950-51,  tasted,  flavored,  soda,  flavor,  granita,  1959-60,  lacquer,  cad,  spanish,  indignantly,  ember,  sizzle,  searing,  sweltering,  swelter,  promethean,  hellion,  smelter,  smelting,  forging,  fusing,  thermonuclear,  cornell,  roused,  overzealous,  obstreperous,  bacchanalia,  porto,  cardoso,  cardozo,  cardinal
Literary analysis:
In literature the term “lava” is sometimes deployed not just as a reference to molten rock, but as a vivid color image that evokes burning intensity and fluid energy. Authors use it metaphorically to describe bursts of brilliant red–orange hues and the dynamic, almost uncontrollable flow of passion or movement. For example, one writer compares curls cascading over a face to “an explosion of spun lava” [1], suggesting not only a striking visual impact but also an evocative texture and brightness. In a similar vein, another author likens anguished sobs to “gushes of lava from a crater,” using the term to infuse emotion with the searing vibrancy of hot, glowing rock [2]. Likewise, a simile describing a torrent of eloquence as “like a fiery lava stream” harnesses the rich, intense color of lava to convey unstoppable force and passion in words [3]. Even in sartorial description, a “red lava-lava” is mentioned to evoke a garment imbued with a deep, glowing hue [4]. These examples illustrate how “lava” transcends its literal meaning and becomes a powerful literary device to suggest brilliance, heat, and transformative intensity.
  1. It curled and uncurled and strayed all about her brow and neck like an explosion of spun lava.
    — from Double Trouble; Or, Every Hero His Own Villain by Herbert Quick
  2. There was no weeping; but dry sobs broke from her lips like gushes of lava from a crater.
    — from Wives and Widows; or, The Broken Life by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
  3. Like a fiery lava stream, the torrent of my eloquence flowed irresistibly onward.
    — from The Devil's Elixir, Vol. 1 (of 2) by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann
  4. The bar-tender, a native in a white jacket and a red lava-lava , without a word slid out of the small room.
    — from The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham


Colors associated with the word:
Red 
Orange 
Black
Dark red
Fiery Red
Charcoal
Ash gray
Ember
Crimson 
Burnt orange
Soot Black
Scarlet 
Copper
Rust
Words with similar colors:
risk,  driven,  igneous,  rob,  volcano,  endanger,  triggered,  criticality,  competitiveness,  critically,  firepower,  challenge,  bomb,  temper,  determination,  provoke,  interrupt,  depot,  furnace,  stoke
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