Tomatoes are deeply red, so the expression "red as a tomato" means that something is as red as it can possibly be.
However as ripe tomatoes come in red, pink, orange and yellow (depending on the species) the expression can be confusing to new users of English.
Tomatoes are deeply red, so the expression "red as a tomato" means that something is as red as it can possibly be. However as ripe tomatoes come in red, pink, orange and yellow (depending on the species) the expression can be confusing to new users of English.
Did you know they actually pay people a lot of money to create names for colors? Tomato red could be any shade of red, as are the tomatoes, depending on the variety of tomato. But I consider tomato red to have a hint of orange.
Apple tomato
tomato juice tomato juice tomato juice no no no onion skins red and brown,red beets
embarrassed <- short answer. For example: His face was as red as a ripe tomato. It doesn't have to mean embarrassed, it could just mean that after sport, his sweaty face was as red as a ripe tomato or if somebody drank too much wine and his face was as red as a beetroot, you could say that.
Yes.
I like tomatoes. I grow tomatoes. A tomato is red.
There are two kinds: green tomato called "tomate verde" and red tomato called "jitomate".
In Swahili, "nyanya" means tomato.
Blood, Tomato, Red pepper, Red grapes
the color pigments are known as chromoplast
He is a tomato!