The Color Red

Here’s a primer on the different shades of red commonly used in interiors. Now you can see the proper composition with regards to the proper color names.

• Alizarin Crimson – RGB (227,38,54) the cool hue of red that is biased more on purple than on orange in the color wheel, named after the organic dye alizarin
• Amaranth – RGB (229,43,80) the reddish-rose color from the flower of the amaranth plant
• American Rose – RGB (255,3,62) the color of the American Beauty rose, the official flower of the District of Columbia
• Candy Apple Red – RGB (255,8,0) the shade similar to the red caramelized sugar on candied apples
• Burgundy – RGB (128,0,32) the purplish red color of the wine from the Burgundy region of France
• Cardinal – RGB (196,30,58) the hue derived from the red cassocks worn by Cardinals
• Carmine – RGB (150,0,24) the deep red color from the raw unprocessed carmine pigment
• Carnelian – RGB (179,27,27) named after the color of the mineral chalcedony
• Chestnut – RGB (149,69,53) the indian red color from the nut of the chestnut tree, more of an earth tone combined with red
• Rose Madder – RGB (227,38,54) the commercial name used to designate the paint pigment extracted from the common madder plant
• Coral Red – RGB (255,64,64) the color representation of red corals
• Crimson – RGB (220,20,60) a deep red color combined with a little blue, based from the color of the dye from a scale insect.
• Fire Brick – RGB (178,34,34) medium dark shade of scarlet/red
• Fire Engine Red – RGB (206,22,32) the shade of red commonly used in emergency vehicles
• Rossa Corsa – RGB (212,0,0) the red international motor racing color of cars entered by teams from Italy
• Lava – RGB (207,16,32) named after the volcanic color of lava
• Lust – RGB (230,32,32) the most popular shade of lipstick, an attempt to portray the feeling of lust
• Vermillion – RGB (227,66,52) derived from the powdered mineral cinnabar, an opaque orangish red pigment used in antiquity