Definition of "rose-color" [rose-color]

• The color of a rose; specifically, a deep and vivid pink, a color common in roses. See rose, adjective (noun)
• Hence Beauty or attractiveness, as of a rose; often, fancied beauty or attractiveness; couleur de rose: as, life appears to the young all rose-color. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Pot-aux-Roses, and as the rebus was then in fashion, it had for its sign-board, a post (poteau) painted rose-color."
• "Of flowery bloom, the carnation seems a mixture of white and rose-color."
• "Her face, delicate as ever, had lost the rose-color which once gave it so rich a glow."