Color
Color verb - To give color or a different color to.
Ruby
Ruby noun - A transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem.
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Synonyms for Ruby
Color and ruby are semantically related in blush topic. Sometimes you can use "Color" instead a verb "Ruby".
Nearby Words: rubye, rubie
Both words in one sentence
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Literal Metaphor: Upon learning that Dorothy has the ruby slippers, the doorman at the gate to Oz responds that that is "a horse of a different color".
Source: Film / The Wizard of Oz - It's not brought up often, but Cyclops is effectively color blind as a result of the ruby quartz visor that's used to keep his eye beams from destroying everything tinting everything a shade of red.
Source: Color Blind Confusion -
That the Spider's eyes are described as ruby-red while the Turtle's shell is some blueish-greenish color also reinforces the trope.
Source: Literature / It
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Ruby and Color. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/color/ruby
Color & Ruby. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/color/ruby>.
Ruby or Color. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/color/ruby.
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