Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Rose-coloured. · Of any reddish hue from bright pink to the color of ruddy cheeks in a light-skinned person. · Otherwise resembling a rose, as for example in scent of perfume. · Optimistic.
To make pinkish in colour. · To present in a deceptively optimistic or positive light.
From Middle English rosy; equivalent to rose + -y.
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