What is the meaning of scarlet?

noun

A variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge.
- synonyms: vermilion, orange red

adjective

Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
- synonyms: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red

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