noun
Etymology: turkey (II)
1. usually capitalized T
a. : a brilliant durable red produced upon cotton by means of alizarin or formerly madder in connection with an aluminum mordant and oil or other fatty matter — called also alizarine red
b. : cotton cloth dyed with this red
2. often capitalized T : a moderate red that is yellower and very slightly darker than cerise, yellower and darker than claret (sense 3a), yellower and very slightly lighter than Harvard crimson (sense 1), and yellower, slightly darker, and very slightly less strong than average strawberry (sense 2a) — called also Adrianople red, Levant red, Turkish red
3. usually capitalized T : an iron oxide pigment similar to Indian red