Meaning & use
bright red
Having a vivid, intense shade of red, similar to the color of fresh blood or fire.
See it in a sentence
She wore a bright-red dress that stood out against the gray crowd.
The bright-red stop sign was visible from far down the quiet road.
A note on using this word
"Bright red" is usually written as two words, but it takes a hyphen when it directly modifies a noun, as in "a bright-red car."
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