scarlet

nouns

a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
orange red, scarlet, vermilion

adjectives

of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet