crimson

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a deep, rich red color

   The sky turned crimson as the sun went down.

Simplified etymology

Crimson entered English in the late Middle English period and ultimately derives from Arabic qermazī. The Arabic term was connected with kermes insects, which supplied the red dye.

From Old Spanish 'cremesin', from Arabic 'qirmizī' ('crimson, scarlet'), derived from 'qirmiz' ('kermes'), the insect from which the dye was made.

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