solferino

sol·fe·ri·no  (slf-rn)

n.

A moderate purplish red.

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[After Solferino, a village of northern Italy, from the discovery of a dye of this color in the same year that a battle was fought there (1859).]

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solferino [ˌsɒlfəˈriːnəʊ]

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a.  a moderate purplish-red colour

b.  (as adjective) a solferino suit

[from a dye discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino, a town in Italy]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	solferino - a pink dye that was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino purplish pink pink - a light shade of red
	2.	Solferino - an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under Francis Joseph I battle of Solferino Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD