adj. , noun
1 colour/color
VERBS
▪ glow
▪
The coals glowed ~ in the dying fire.
▪ go , turn
▪
The traffic light turned ~.
▪ paint sth
ADVERB
▪ really , very
▪ completely
▪ slightly
▪
The leaves looked slightly ~.
ADJECTIVE
▪ bright , brilliant , fiery , flaming , vibrant , vivid
▪
flaming ~ hair
▪ dark , deep , rich
▪ light , pale
▪ dull
▪ blood , brick , cherry , fire-engine , ruby
▪
her ruby ~ lips
PHRASES
▪ ~ and blotchy (= of skin or eyes) , ~ and puffy (= of eyes)
▪
Her eyes were ~ and puffy, as if she'd been crying.
▪ ~ and swollen (= of injured part of body)
2 of the face
VERBS
▪ be , look
▪ become , flush , get , go , grow , turn
▪
Mr Gruber was growing redder and redder in the face.
ADVERB
▪ very
▪ quite
▪ rather , slightly
ADJECTIVE
▪ bright , fiery
▪
He could feel himself going bright ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ with
▪
Ross flushed ~ with embarrassment.
PHRASES
▪ as ~ as a beet ( AmE ), as ~ as a beetroot ( BrE )
▪ ~ in the face
▪
Charles was rapidly turning ~ in the face.
Red is used with these nouns: ↑ alert , ↑ apple , ↑ bean , ↑ birthmark , ↑ brick , ↑ bump , ↑ cabbage , ↑ carpet , ↑ cheek , ↑ cherry , ↑ chilli , ↑ cinder , ↑ colour , ↑ dye , ↑ eye , ↑ face , ↑ fingernail , ↑ flush , ↑ grape , ↑ hair , ↑ heat , ↑ ink , ↑ meat , ↑ mist , ↑ mouth , ↑ mud , ↑ nose , ↑ onion , ↑ pepper , ↑ pimple , ↑ rash , ↑ rice , ↑ rose , ↑ salmon , ↑ squirrel , ↑ state , ↑ sun , ↑ sunset , ↑ tomato , ↑ traffic light , ↑ wine