Variations of Indian red Indian red (color)

1 variations of indian red

1.1 venetian red
1.2 deep indian red
1.3 english red
1.4 kobe

variations of indian red
venetian red

at right displayed color venetian red.

venetian red light , warm (somewhat unsaturated) pigment darker shade of scarlet, derived pure ferric oxide (fe2o3) of hematite type. modern versions made synthetic red iron oxide.

the first recorded use of venetian red color name in english in 1753.

deep indian red

deep indian red color called indian red formulation in 1903 until 1999, called chestnut, in crayola crayons. color produced in special limited edition in called vermont maple syrup.

at request of educators worried children (mistakenly) believed name represented skin color of native americans, crayola changed name of crayon color indian red chestnut in 1999. in reality, color indian red has nothing american indians iron oxide pigment use of popular in india.

english red

at right displayed color english red.

this red tone of indian red, made indian red pigment made iron oxide.

the first recorded use of english red color name in english in 1700s (exact year uncertain). in encyclopédie of denis diderot in 1765, alternate names indian red included 1 calls, improperly, english red.

the source of color is: iscc-nbs dictionary of color names (1955) – color sample of english red (color sample #15).

kobe

at right displayed color kobe.

the color kobe dark tone of indian red, made indian red iron oxide pigment.

the first recorded use of kobe color name in english in 1924.