A warm, deep reddish-orange color traditionally associated with the Japanese madder plant (茜). Used in literary, poetic, and descriptive contexts.
The sunset is dyed in madder red.
She wore a madder-red kimono.
Standard kanji spelling using the plant name 茜 (madder).
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still seen.
From 茜 (akane, 'madder plant') + 色 (iro, 'color'). The dye from the madder root produces a characteristic deep reddish-orange hue.