Difference between Red and Crimson

What is the difference between Red and Crimson?

Red as an adjective is having red as its colour. while Crimson as an adjective is having a deep red colour

Red

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having red as its colour. Of hair, having an orange-brown colour; ginger. Leftwing, socialist or communist. Supportive of or dominated by the Republican Party. Of, pertaining to, or run by (a member of) the Republican Party. Supportive of the Labour Party. Of the lower-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters. A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War. One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours. The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug. a type of firecracker.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To govern, protect. To govern, protect. To govern, protect.

Example sentence: If you're thinking of coming to America, this is what it's like: you've got your Comfort Inn, you've got your Best Western, and you've got your Red Lobster where you eat. Everybody's very fat, everybody's very stupid and everybody's very rude - it's not a holiday programme, it's the truth.

Crimson

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: having a deep red colourhaving loose morals

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A deep, slightly bluish red. Traditionally the colour of blood.

Example sentence: I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ragtag band of misfits. I wrote for 'On Harvard Time,' which was a student TV show trying to be 'The Daily Show.' And I wrote a humor column for 'The Crimson' starting my sophomore year.

We hope you now know whether to use Red or Crimson in your sentence.

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