Persian red

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Persian red
 
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Hex triplet #CC3333
sRGB B (r, g, b)(204, 51, 51)
HSV (h, s, v)(0°, 75%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(46, 119, 12°)
SourceColorHexa [1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Persian red is a deep reddish orange earth or pigment from the Persian Gulf composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It is also called artificial vermillion.

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The first recorded use of Persian red as a color name in English was in 1895. [2]

Other colors associated with Persia include Persian pink, Persian rose, Persian orange, Persian blue and Persian green.

In human culture

Architecture

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References

  1. "Persian red / #cc3333 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201
  3. Raguin, Virginia C. Decorator: John LaFarge in The makers of Trinity Church in the city of Boston, ed. James F. O'Gorman, D. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2004. p 120