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The word comes from the Middle English "scarlat", from the Old French escarlate, from the Latin "scarlatum", from the Persian سقرلات saqerlât. The term scarlet was also used in the Middle Ages for a type of cloth that was often bright red. [6] An early recorded use of scarlet as a color name in the English language dates to 1250. [7]
Coquelicot ( / ˈ k oʊ k l ɪ k oʊ / KOHK-li-koh) is a shade of red. The term is originally the French name for the wild corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, which is distinguished by its bright red color and orange tint. [2] It eventually passed into English usage as the name of a color based upon that of the flower.
Red (RGB), RGB red, or electric red [citation needed] (as opposed to pigment red, shown below) is the brightest possible red that can be reproduced on a computer monitor. This color is an approximation of an orangish red spectral color. It is one of the three primary colors of light in the RGB color model, along with green and blue.
A color term (or color name) is a word or phrase that refers to a specific color. The color term may refer to human perception of that color (which is affected by visual context) which is usually defined according to the Munsell color system, or to an underlying physical property (such as a specific wavelength of visible light).
P. apiculata was named after the Latin word for short pointed, also based on the distinct shape of organs on its back, researchers said. The species has only been identified on the Ryukyu Islands.
Red by a large margin is the color most commonly associated with seduction, sexuality, eroticism and immorality, possibly because of its close connection with passion and with danger. [4]: 55 Red was long seen as having a dark side, particularly in Christian theology. It was associated with sexual passion, anger, sin, and the devil.
Cinnabar (/ ˈ s ɪ n ə ˌ b ɑːr /; from Ancient Greek κιννάβαρι (kinnábari)), [7] or cinnabarite (/ ˌ s ɪ n ə ˈ b ɑːr aɪ t /), also known as mercurblende is the bright scarlet to brick-red form of mercury(II) sulfide (HgS).
Red Wine Headaches Could Be Caused By This Intriguing Culprit, Study Finds. Many describe the pain as a tight band around the head, often caused by stress and muscle tension.