Definition of "reddish"

"Chocolate and cream," the standard colours of G.W.R. rolling stock for 21 years, are now being replaced by an all-over utility coating of reddish-brown. This is the third time that a uniform brown has been adopted as the standard livery of G.W.R. carriages.

1943 March and April, “G.W.R. Rolling Stock Colours”, in Railway Magazine, page 106

Although the track is ballasted, it does not prevent clouds of reddish dust from the laterite soil blowing about when the train is in motion; after a journey with the windows open a bath is a necessity!

1948 September and October, W. S. Darby, “The Gold Coast Railway—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 287