Crimson vs. Maraschino — What's the Difference?

Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose.

Maraschino ( MARR-ə-SKEE-noh) is a liqueur obtained from the distillation of Marasca cherries. The small, slightly sour fruit of the Tapiwa cherry tree (Prunus cerasus var.

Of a rich deep red colour inclining to purple

A cordial made from the fermented juice and crushed pits of marasca cherries.

A rich deep red colour inclining to purple

A sweet liqueur made from marasca cherries

(of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment

A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.

A deep to vivid purplish red to vivid red.

Distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca cherries

To make or become deeply or vividly red.

Cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur

A deep, slightly bluish red.

Having a deep red colour.

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(intransitive) To become crimson or deep red; to blush.

(transitive) To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.

Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red.

To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

To become crimson; to blush.

A deep and vivid red

Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame;

Having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Characterized by violence or bloodshed;

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;