Amaranth {{infobox color
Amaranth is a pinkish-red color, which gets its name from the color of a red
amaranth flower.
Apple red {{infobox color
Apple red is the color of the peel of an
apple.
Barn red {{infobox color The color
barn red is one of the colors on one of the
milk paint color lists, paint colors formulated to reproduce the colors historically used on the
American frontier and made, like those paints were, with milk. This color is mixed with various amounts of white paint to create any desired shade of the color barn red.
Batorange {{infobox color The color
batorange is a nuance of
Orange Nectar Bat species,
Lonchophylla robusta. It is a dark red-orange, dark vermilion, rufous color.
Bittersweet shimmer {{infobox color
Bittersweet shimmer is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called
Metallic FX, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 2001. Although this is supposed to be a metallic color, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.
Blood red The color of
blood red ranges from crimson to a dark brown-red and may have a slightly orange hue. In the RGB color spectrum, it often consists only of the color red, with no green or blue component; in the CMYK color model blood red has no cyan, and consists only of magenta and yellow with a small amount of black. It is frequently darker than both maroon and dark red. In China, according to
The Language of Color in China, dark blood red is sometimes referred to as "period (i.e.,
menstruation) red".
Brink pink {{infobox color The color
brink pink was formulated by
Crayola in 1990.
Cantaloupe melon The color
cantaloupe melon is a representation of the color of the interior flesh of a
cantaloupe, the most commonly consumed melon. The first recorded use of
melon as a color name in English was in 1892. In 1958, melon was formulated as one of the Crayola colors.
Cardinal red {{infobox color
Cardinal red, also called
cardinal, is a vivid red, which gets its name from the
cassocks worn by
cardinals. The
bird takes its name from the color.
Carmine The color
carmine is a vivid
crimson. In its
pigment form it mostly contains the red light with wavelengths longer than 600 nm,
i.e. it is close to the
extreme spectral red. This places it far beyond standard gamuts (both RGB and CMYK), and its given RGB value is a poor approximation only.
Chili red {{infobox color
Chili red is the color of red
chili peppers. It is the shade of red used in the flags of
Chile and
South Africa. On the flag of South Africa, it is defined as Pantone 179. National flag | South African Government
Chocolate cosmos {{infobox color
Chocolate cosmos, or
red cosmos is the color of
Cosmos atrosanguineus species. The color is described as dark red, deep
crimson, deeper
burgundy, deep red chocolate, as dark
hazelnut and velvety
maroon.
Cinnabar The color
cinnabar derives from the
mineral of the same name. It is a slightly orange shade of red, with variations ranging from bright
scarlet to brick red.
Coral pink {{infobox color The color
coral pink is a
pinkish color. Late in 2016, the color sample was renamed Coral Red by Pantone, as the RGB, Hex and HTML color table showed the same color as being reddish, standing against popular belief of pinkish. Still today, some people call Coral Red as Coral Pink due to this old attribution. The
complementary color of coral pink is
teal.
Cordovan {{infobox color
Cordovan is a rich medium dark shade of red. The first recorded use of
cordovan as a color name in English was in 1925.
Crimson {{infobox color
Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color combined with some
blue or
violet, resulting in a small degree of
purple. It is also the color between rose and red on the RGB color wheel and magenta and red on the RYB color wheel.
Cunard red {{infobox color When the British shipping line
Cunard was launched, a red funnel colour was selected to identify the company's ships. However, the heat from the funnels caused the paint to peel. To stop this, the red paint was thickened and mixed with buttermilk. When the heat of the funnel interacted with the buttermilk within the mixture, however, the red paint changed in colour and became a distinctive red-orange. This shade of red became known as
Cunard Red.
Cymbidium red {{infobox color The color
cymbidium red is an nuance of red
Cymbidium flower specie. Cymbidium red is a vivid red, look like jasper color.
Dark red {{infobox color This is the web color
dark red.
Fire brick {{infobox color This is the web color
fire brick.
Fire engine red {{infobox color
Fire engine red is an intense, bright red commonly used on
emergency vehicles; mostly on
fire engines, other associated fire service vehicles, and
ambulances.
Fluorescent red {{infobox color
Fluorescent red is a light brilliant red color.
Garnet {{infobox color The color
garnet can be considered a dark tone of red, with some slight purple tints. This color represents the hue of an average
garnet gemstone, though garnets can range in color from orange to (very rarely) green.
Imperial red Imperial red is a representation of the red color of the
Imperial Standard of Napoleon I. The first recorded use of
imperial red as a color name in English was in 1914. Note: the RGB values for Pantone red and imperial red are identical.
Indian red {{infobox color The name
Indian red derives from the red
laterite soil found in India, which is composed of naturally occurring
iron oxides. The first recorded use of "Indian red" as a color term in English was in 1792.
Jasper {{infobox color The color
jasper is named for red jasper, the most commonly known form of
jasper; however, as with many gemstones, jasper can be found in many colors, from yellow to brown and even green. The color was formulated by Crayola in 1994 as part of their
Gem Tones crayon set.
Light coral The web color
light coral is a pinkish-light orange color. It is also a
HTML/CSS color name and a
X11 color name.
Light red {{infobox color The color
light red, though very similar to
pink, is a shade of
red that is roughly 50% lighter than
red.
Lust {{infobox color
Lust is a rich shade of red. This color is not mentioned in the 1930 book
A Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul but is found on the 1955
ISCC-NBS color list.
Madder {{Infobox color The color
madder is named for a dye produced from plants of the genus
Rubia.
Maroon (HTML/CSS) {{infobox color This is the web color called
maroon in HTML/CSS. It only consists of red in RGB and no cyan in CMYK.
Misty rose {{infobox color The
web color misty rose is written as
mistyrose in HTML code for computer display. The color name
misty rose first came into use in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the
X11 colors, which in the early 1990s became known as the
X11 web colors.
Old rose {{infobox color The color
old rose, also known as
ashes of rose, was a popular Victorian color, it is a dullish red. The first recorded use of
old rose as a color name in English was in 1892.
Pink {{infobox color The
web color pink is a light tint of
red, but is often considered to be a basic
color term on its own.
Poppy red {{infobox color The color
poppy red is named after the
poppy flower. Poppy red is a shade of pink-red. Lieutenant-Colonel
John McCrae, a Canadian officer and surgeon in
World War I, wrote possibly history's most famous wartime poem, called "
In Flanders Fields", written in 1915. It helped the poppy (
Papaver rhoeas) become a symbol of remembrance for soldiers who have died during the conflict and later conflicts.
Redwood {{infobox color The color
redwood is a representation of color of the wood of the
redwood tree (
Sequoia sempervirens). The first recorded use of
redwood as a color name in English was in 1917. The source of this color is the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list, color #18-1443—Redwood.
Rose taupe {{infobox color The first recorded use of
rose taupe as a color name in English was in 1924.
Rose vale {{infobox color The first recorded use of
rose vale as a color name in English was in 1923.
Rosewood {{infobox color The color
rosewood is named after
rosewood. The first recorded use of
rosewood as a color name in English was in 1892. Actual rosewood exhibits a wide range of colors.
Rosy brown {{infobox color The name for the web color
rosy brown first came into use in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the
X11 colors, which in the early 1990s became known as the
X11 web colors.
Rusty red {{infobox color
Rusty red is a color formulated by
Crayola in 1990 as one of the colors in its
Silver Swirls specialty crayon box of
metallic colors.
Salmon {{infobox color The
web color salmon represents the color of the flesh of an average
salmon. However, actual salmon flesh can range in hue from a light pinkish-orange to a bright red (as is the case with
sockeye salmon).
Salmon pink {{infobox color This color which represents the pinkish tone of salmon is called
salmon in
Crayola crayons. This color was introduced by Crayola in 1949. See the
List of Crayola crayon colors.
Scarlet Scarlet is a bright red with a slightly orange tinge. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, scarlet and other bright shades of red are the colors most associated with courage, force, passion, heat, and joy. In the Roman Catholic Church, scarlet is the color worn by
cardinals, and is associated with the blood of Christ and the Christian martyrs, and with sacrifice.
Spanish red {{infobox color
Spanish red, an
iron oxide red also known as
torch red, is the color that is called
rojo (the Spanish word for "red") in the
Guía de coloraciones (
Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the
Hispanophone realm.
Tea rose {{infobox color The color
tea rose is the tint of the color that is used in interior design. This color is popular in interior design for painting bedrooms, especially among women. There is a different color sometimes called
tea rose, which is the color of an orange rose called a
tea rose. This other color is technically
Congo pink. The first recorded use of
tea rose as a color name in English was in 1884.
Tomato The
web color tomato is a medium
reddish-orange color that approximates the color of common supermarket tomatoes. Many vine-ripened tomatoes are a bit redder. The color of tomato soup is slightly less saturated. The first recorded use of
tomato as a color name in English was in 1891. When the
X11 color names were invented in 1987, the color tomato was formulated as one of them.
Turkey red {{Infobox Color
Turkey red is a color that was widely used to dye cotton in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was made using the root of the
Rubia plant, through a long and laborious process. It originated in India or Turkey, and was brought to Europe in the 1740s. In France, it was known as ''rouge d'Andrinople''.
Venetian red {{infobox color
Venetian red is a light and warm (somewhat unsaturated) pigment that is a darker shade of red. The composition of Venetian red changed over time. Originally it consisted of natural ferric oxide (Fe2O3, partially hydrated) obtained from the red hematite. Modern versions are frequently made with synthetic red iron oxide produced via calcination of green vitriol mixed with white chalk. The pigment contains up to 50% of the ferric oxide. Historically, Venetian red was a red earth color often used in
Italian Renaissance paintings.
Vermilion Vermilion (sometimes spelled
vermillion) is both a brilliant red or scarlet pigment, originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar (). It was widely used in the art and decoration of Ancient Rome, in the
illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages, in the paintings of the
Renaissance, as
sindoor, an Indian cosmetic powder, and in the art and
lacquerware of China.
Zarqa {{infobox color
Zarqa is the hue between red and vermillion. ==See also==