![]() ![]() When first commercial paints came to the market in 19th century red was the cheapest.It was traditionally made of flex-seed oil mixed with rust (iron oxide), inexpensive and effective protection against moist and fungi.It makes a nice contrast with white farm buildings.In America red paint is especially popular paint for barns. One of the oldest red paints used by construction workers is definitely red. Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Lancia and Maserati all used this color, which was adopted in honor of Prince Scipione Borghese who won the race from Peking to Paris in 1907 in – red colored Ferrari. Apparently, this is not enough because the manufacturers decided to associate a specific color for racing cars coming from Italy. The color red is strongly related to several brands in automobile industry and Ferrari is among most popular ones. You’ll soon see how is this color popular among car makers and in traffic in general. Please be aware red color was not allowed for regular people in many cultures. There is a whole family of red shades named after cardinals (we have actually already seen some of them), who were among first who wore gowns of such colors. Being among royalties and other authorities, let’s look at church dignitaries too. In the case you don’t know BS stands forBritish Standard. Considering numerous factors affecting the tone of final dye, it should be not surprising if we find several relatively different shades with the same name – Chinese Red – in our case displayed only with one example. The most known color in next group is probably Chinese Red, originally made from powdered cinnabar and from 8th (!) century from a synthesis of mercury and sulfur. Similar stories are explaining the name of Persian reds in the next set of red colors. Thanks to that fact and overall importance of Spanish traders we have colors named after this country. Several of that pigments came to Europe after Spain conquered Mexico and introduced kermes insects to the dye market. We have already mentioned insects, by which carmine and crimson colors got their names. It was also named Vermont maple syrup in a special limited edition. Crayola produces this color from 1958, but in 1999 after a suggestion of worrying parents believing this name suggest the color of the skin of American Indians, changed the name into Maroon, so you’ll find this very same color in the boxes with color pencils with this name. Let’s have a few words abut Indian Red (again – called after the color of the soil in India). #E60026Red (G&S … Rosa Gallego & Juan Carlos Sanz) If at certain moments computers displayed only 16 different colors, today’s graphic cards show more than four million colors and they would produce even more, but the human eye can hardly recognize an even small portion of them. And there was, of course, nonstop progress in technology. Then there were different interests (and powers) of groups who tried to establish the standards. ![]() First of all, we are dealing with word meanings, which can be similarly subjective like the perception of colors. These attempts were only partly successful. There were several attempts to make a list of colors where everybody understands what color is associated with each specific name. Unfortunately, these names rely too much on personal preferences and lack of absolute values, what could help to standardize a perception of a specific color in all its shades, tones, tints etc. The red color is so old, in some of the languages (like Latin) the word for ‘colored’ and ‘red’ is actually the same. Color red, after all, is the most intense color and actually the oldest in all known languages (right behind black and white, which are, technically speaking not real colors). If you find this list useful, please share it with your friends, readers of your blog or any other people who may find it interesting. Our basic aim is to provide a fast comparison between red colors for a wide variety of users, being artists, designers or just curious minds. Please note, in spite of careful checking of dozens of resources there may still be some discrepancies between this list (most complete in the WEB at the moment with 445 named red colors and still rising) and other respectful sites, dealing with colors and design. They are organized by logical groups, depending on their similarities, name origins, or other common characteristics. ![]() Here is the longest list of red colors of different shades, tones and tints in the world, all with their official / common / trivial names and HEX codes.
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