Words at Play : Top 10 Words for Unusual Colors Worth Looking At
Color:
Deep reddish orange
About the Word:
The oval berries of the European bittersweet plant taste first sweetish, and then bitter. But it was the American plant called "false bittersweet," with its orangey-colored fruits, that inspired the color name bittersweet.
Full Definition:
: a deep orange that is deeper than bittersweet orange; a dark to deep reddish orange