Definition of scarlet Scarlet

/skɑˈɹlʌt/ - [skarlut] - scar•let

We found 13 definitions of scarlet from 6 different sources.

What does scarlet mean?

Noun Plural: scarlets
scarlet - a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
		vermilion, orange red
		redness, red red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

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scarlet (n.)
A deep bright red tinged with orange or yellow, -- of many tints and shades; a vivid or bright red color.
scarlet (n.)
Cloth of a scarlet color.
scarlet (a.)
Of the color called scarlet; as, a scarlet cloth or thread.
scarlet (v. t.)
To dye or tinge with scarlet.

scarlet
skär′let, n. a bright-red colour: scarlet cloth.—adj. of the colour called scarlet: dressed in scarlet.—v.t. to redden.—ns. Scar′let-ad′miral, the red-admiral, a butterfly; Scar′let-bean, the scarlet-runner; Scar′let-fē′ver, a contagious febrile disease (see Scarlatina); Scar′let-hat, a cardinal's hat; Scar′let-light′ning, the scarlet lychnis: the red valerian; Scar′let-run′ner, a bean with scarlet flowers which runs up any support; Scar′let-snake, a bright-red harmless snake of the southern states of the American Union; Scar′let-tī′ger, a British moth; Scar′let-wom′an, the woman referred to in Rev. xvii. 4, 5—Pagan Rome, Papal Rome, or a personification of the World in its anti-Christian sense. [O. Fr. escarlate (Fr. écarlate), through Low L. scarlatum—Pers. saqalāt, scarlet cloth.]

Scarlet is a slightly orangish red colour. It is a colour of the rainbow. It is redder than vermilion. The colour's name comes from the Persian "saqirlat" or Latin "astacus" which mean "crayfish".

Meaning of Scarlet.

Traditionally, scarlet is the colour of flame. People also call the colour of the blood of a living person scarlet.

Scarlet represents sensual pleasure and fun. Scarlet represents night clubs and partying.