red-violet

1. 1.

   of violet tinged with red

   Synonymsreddish-violet

   Similarchromatic

Questions about red-violet

What does red-violet mean?

red-violet means "of violet tinged with red".

How many syllables are in red-violet?

red-violet has 4 syllables: red--vi-o-let. The stress falls on "vi".

What is another word for red-violet?

Close synonyms include reddish-violet. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red-violet a common word?

red-violet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.