pepper red

noun

: a moderate red that is yellower and paler than cerise, Harvard crimson (see harvard crimson sense 1), or Turkey red and yellower and less strong than claret (see claret sense 3a) or average strawberry (see strawberry sense 2a)

called also bronze red

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