Persian red
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Short description: Color
| Persian red | |
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 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #CC3333 |
| Source | ColorHexa[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid red |
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.
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
- Henry Hobson Richardson insisted upon a ground of Persian red for the murals John LaFarge executed lining the interior of Trinity Church, Boston.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Persian red / #cc3333 hex color". https://www.colorhexa.com/cc3333.
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201
- ↑ 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
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