puniceous means bright red or purple in colour.
Why “puniceous” is a great word
A bright red or purple colour, of a specific reddish-purple hue. From Latin pūniceus ("reddish-purple, Punic red"), from pūnicus ("Punic, Carthaginian"), referring to a red dye associated with Phoenicia/Carthage. Unlike "crimson," which denotes a deep, rich red with a subtle blue undertone, or "purpureal," a poetic term for a general purple, puniceous leans distinctly toward a bright, fused hue. It is the vibrant stain of pomegranate seeds on linen, the wet gleam of pomegranate juice on the lip, and the imperial dye that coloured the robes of a vanished empire—a colour whose very name is a faded map to a razed city and its lost craft.
Etymology
From Latin pūniceus, from pūnicus (“Punic”).
adj
- Bright red or purple in colour.