a. a moderate to dark red colour. b. (as adjective) a cerise scarf.

blushing bright red dark red erubescent incarnadine reddish rosy rubescent rubicund ruddy.

The cerise name comes from the French word meaning cherry. The word "cherry" itself comes from the Norman cherise. According to Maerz and Paul in their Dictionary of Color, the first recorded use of cerise as a color name in English was in 1858.

Cerise color is a rich red-pink. At first glimpse, you might think it's fuchsia, but the sweet shade is enriched with a deep red undertone not unlike its namesake, the cherry. Cerise is considered a moderate red, but there's nothing moderate about what it evokes.