solferino
IPA: sˈoʊɫfɝˈinoʊ
noun
- A brilliant purple-red dye derived from aniline
- The purple-red colour of this dye
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Examples of "solferino" in Sentences
- The book also contained the text of A memory of Solferino .
- Niel was made a marshal of France on the field at Solferino.
- "Them cheeks is now a deep solferino colour," he observed, and
- Napoleon's headquarters were located in the small city of Solferino.
- He would experience his first and last command at the Battle of Solferino.
- Main Street, when I saw Mary Sam's solferino bonnet bobbin 'up and down inside.
- We'll paint the Langham a fine bright solferino, when the church parade is over. '
- The seats were long benches, upholstered with solferino-colored damask and the scenes were the merest daubs.
- The pure arsenical tones are preferred in the Bend, and, by the bye, anybody who remembers the days when ladies wore magenta and solferino, and wants to have those dear old colors set his teeth on edge again, can go to the Bend and find them there.
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