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Scarlet is a bright red color, [1] [2] sometimes with a slightly orange tinge. [3] In the spectrum of visible light, and on the traditional color wheel , it is one-quarter of the way between red and orange, slightly less orange than vermilion .
The original Hebrew text (tola'at shani) translates to "scarlet worm", indicating that the scarlet color is derived from an insect, a requirement which was formalized in the Jerusalem Talmud (Kila'im 9:1 [32a]). [20] This insect, generally mistaken for a plant, was known in the Roman world as grani coccum = "the grain of scarlet." [21]
It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson , and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy .
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. [32]
For the second time in Pantone's Color of the Year program history, the company chose two colors for a single year. Ultimate Gray completes Pantone's duo colors of the year for 2021. The versatile ...
Magenta is variously defined as a purplish-red, reddish-purple, or a mauvish–crimson color. On color wheels of the RGB and CMY color models, it is located midway between red and blue, opposite green. Complements of magenta are evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 500–530 nm.
Here's the history and meaning behind Women's history month colors: purple, green, white and gold. Experts explain the fascinating origins.
Scarlet may refer to: Scarlet (cloth), a type of woollen cloth common in medieval England; Scarlet (color), a bright tone of red that is slightly toward orange, named after the cloth; Scarlet (dye), the dye used to give the cloth its color; Scarlet (orca), a southern resident killer whale