1701 T. Brown tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy II. 131 Little Carbuncles of a Pomegranate colour.
1822 J. M. Good II. 191 The tongue..is now dry, dark, livid, black, or of a pomegranate colour.
2004 (Nexis) 22 Dec. fo3 The rice, a restrained portion on the side and an attractive pomegranate colour, and not too strong.