geranium lake

noun

1

: any of various brilliant red lakes made from eosin

2

: a vivid red that is lighter and slightly yellower and stronger than apple red, yellower, lighter, and stronger than carmine, and bluer, lighter, and stronger than scarlet

called also spark

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