Collocations for red - adj.
1. colour/color
VERBS
glow
The coals glowed red in the dying fire.
The coals glowed red in the dying fire.
go,
turn
The traffic light turned red.
The traffic light turned red.
paint sth
ADJECTIVE
bright,
brilliant,
fiery,
flaming,
vibrant,
vivid
flaming red hair
flaming red hair
dark,
deep,
rich
light, pale
dull
blood, brick, cherry, fire-engine, ruby
her ruby red lips
light, pale
dull
blood, brick, cherry, fire-engine, ruby
her ruby red lips
PHRASES
red and blotchy (= of skin or eyes),
red and puffy
(= of eyes)
Her eyes were red and puffy, as if she'd been crying.
Her eyes were red and puffy, as if she'd been crying.
red and swollen
(= of injured part of body)
2. of the face
VERBS
be,
look
become, flush, get, go, grow, turn
Mr Gruber was growing redder and redder in the face.
become, flush, get, go, grow, turn
Mr Gruber was growing redder and redder in the face.
PHRASES
as red as a beet (AmE),
as red as a beetroot
(BrE)
red in the face
Charles was rapidly turning red in the face.
red in the face
Charles was rapidly turning red in the face.
Red is used with these nouns:
alert, apple, bean, birthmark, brick, bump, cabbage, carpet, cheek, cherry, chilli, cinder, colour, dye, eye, face, fingernail, flush, grape, hair, heat, ink, meat, mist, mouth, mud, nose, onion, pepper, pimple, rash, rice, rose, salmon, squirrel, state, sun, sunset, tomato, traffic light, wine
alert, apple, bean, birthmark, brick, bump, cabbage, carpet, cheek, cherry, chilli, cinder, colour, dye, eye, face, fingernail, flush, grape, hair, heat, ink, meat, mist, mouth, mud, nose, onion, pepper, pimple, rash, rice, rose, salmon, squirrel, state, sun, sunset, tomato, traffic light, wine