For the song of the same name, see Fire Engine Red (song).
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| Hex triplet | #CE2029 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (206, 22, 32) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (0°, 92%, 80%) |
| Source | [Unsourced] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Fire engine red is an intense, bright red commonly used on emergency vehicles; mostly on, as the name implies, fire engines.
Most traditional older fire departments in larger central cities of major metropolitan areas use this color for their fire engines, but many smaller cities and also many suburbs now use the color chartreuse yellow for their fire engines because of its supposed greater visibility at night.
It is one of the minority of colors used to refer to an 'anthropogenic' color, like pillar box red[1], rather than a natural color, such as cherry.
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| Alizarin | Amaranth | Burgundy | Cardinal | Carmine | Carnelian | Cerise | Chestnut | Coral red | Crimson |
| Dark pink | Falu red | Fire engine red | Fuchsia | Magenta | Maroon | Mauve taupe | Orange-red | Persian red | Pink |
| Persimmon | Red | Red-violet | Rose | Rose madder | Ruby | Rust | Puce | Sangria | Scarlet |
| Terra cotta | Upsdell red | Venetian red | Vermilion | ||||||
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