high coloring
noun
Roget 549:
exaggeration;
expansion
etc.
194;
hyperbole,
stretch,
strain,
coloring;
high coloring,
caricature,
caricatura†;
extravagance
etc.
(nonsense)
497;
Baron Munchausen;
men in buckram,
yarn,
fringe,
embroidery,
traveler's tale;
fish story,
gooseberry [Slang].
storm in a teacup;
much ado about nothing
etc.
(overestimation)
482;
puff,
puffery
etc.
(boasting)
884;
rant
etc.
(turgescence)
577†.
figure of speech,
facon de parler [Fr.];
stretch of fancy,
stretch of the imagination;
flight of fancy
etc.
(imagination)
515.
false coloring
etc.
(falsehood)
544;
aggravation
etc.
835.
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high color
noun
Roget 434:
red,
scarlet,
vermilion,
carmine,
crimson,
pink,
lake,
maroon,
carnation,
couleur de rose [Fr.],
rose du Barry†;
magenta,
damask,
purple;
flesh color,
flesh tint;
color;
fresh color,
high color;
warmth;
gules [Heral.].
ruby,
carbuncle;
rose;
rust,
iron mold.
[Dyes and pigments]
cinnabar,
cochineal;
fuchsine†;
ruddle†,
madder;
Indian red,
light red,
Venetian red;
red ink,
annotto†;
annatto†,
realgar,
minium†,
red lead.
redness
etc.
adj.;
rubescence†,
rubicundity,
rubification†;
erubescence†,
blush.
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