"Red, the color of ___ / Black, the color of despair" ("Les Misérables" lyric) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DESIRE "Red, the color of ___ / Black, the color of despair" ("Les Misérables" lyric) (6) New York Times Jun 12, 2026
57% ROUGED Colored red, as cheeks (6) Premier Sunday May 31, 2026
55% HUE Color (3) Wall Street Journal Jun 24, 2026
55% ORANGE Color of a plane's black box (6) Wall Street Journal Jun 20, 2026
55% PALER Not as colorful (5) Newsday Jun 8, 2026
55% TANGERINETANGO Red-orange Pantone color (14) Premier Sunday Jun 7, 2026
51% HUES Colorations (4) Eugene Sheffer Apr 4, 2026
49% TINGED Slightly colored (6) Wall Street Journal Jul 1, 2026
49% RED Color of danger (3)
49% AQUAS Water colors (5) New York Times Jun 28, 2026

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