Scarlet

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Scarlet
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FF2400
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(255, 36, 0)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(8°, 100%, 100%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Scarlet (from the Persian säqirlāt) is a bright red color with a hue that is somewhat toward the orange. It is a pure chroma on the color wheel. It is redder than vermilion. Traditionally, scarlet is the color of flame. It may also refer to the color of the blood of a living person.

The first recorded use of scarlet as a color name in the English language was in 1250. ^[1]

Torch red

Torch red
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FD0E35
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(253, 14, 53)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(8°, 100%, 92%)
Source		Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color torch red is displayed at right.

This is the color called scarlet in Crayola crayons. It was originally formulated as torch red in 1998 and then renamed scarlet by Crayola in 2000.

Fire brick

Fire Brick
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#B22222
sRGBB	(r, g, b)	(178, 34, 34)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(0°, 74%, 42%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color fire brick, a deep shade of scarlet/red.

Dark scarlet

Dark Scarlet
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#560319
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(86, 3, 25)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(8°, 100%, 13%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color dark scarlet is displayed at right.

Scarlet in human culture

Academic dress

• Scarlet is the color worn in traditional academic dress in the United Kingdom for those awarded doctorates.
• In academic dress in the USA, scarlet is used for hood bindings (that is, borders) and, depending on the university or school, other parts of the dress (velvet chevrons, facings, etc.) to denote a degree in some form or branch of Theology (e.g., Sacred Theology, Canon Law, Divinity, Ministry).
• In the French academic dress system, the five traditional fields of study (Arts, Science, Medicine, Law and Divinity) are each symbolized by a distinctive color, which appears in the academic dress of the people who graduated in this field. Scarlet is the distinctive color for Law. As such, it is also the color worn on their court dress by French high magistrates.

Board games

• Miss Scarlet is a character in the board game Cluedo (U.S.: Clue), originally by Waddington Games. In the UK, she is spelled "Miss Scarlett".

Chemistry

• The emission spectra for compounds of strontium are considered to be in the scarlet red area of the visible light spectrum. The emission lines occur at 640.8 nm, 650.4 nm, 687.8 nm and 707.0 nm.

Comic books

• The Scarlet Witch is a character from Marvel Comics with the ability to control reality.
• The Scarlet Spider is the name of several characters, most notably Spider-Man's clone, Ben Reilly.

Literature

• The book The Scarlet Pimpernel by The Baroness Orczy
• The novel The Scarlet Letter by 19th century American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the life of the fictional character Hester Prynne, who wears a prominent scarlet letter "A" on her chest to symbolize the sin of adultery.
• A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1888.
• Scarlett O'Hara is the chief protagonist of Margaret Mitchell's epic American Civil War novel Gone with the Wind.
• "The Scarlet Ibis", a tragic short story written by novelist James Hurst.

Medicine

• There is a disease known as scarlet fever.

Military

• The majority of British Army soldiers wore scarlet tunics as part of their full dress uniform until 1914 (hence the term "Redcoats"). Some regiments and corps in both Britain and the Commonwealth armies still wear them in full ceremonial dress and/or mess dress.
• The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) wear a scarlet jacket as part of their full ceremonial dress uniform.
• Scarlet is the color of the beret given to United States Air Force Combat Controllers, after completion of Combat Control School at Pope Air Force Base.
• Scarlet is the branch color of the United States Army Field Artillery Corps. The colors of the U.S. Marine Corps are scarlet and gold.
• World War I ace, Manfred Von Richthofen (The Red Baron) painted his aircraft scarlet red, most notable, his Fokker Dr1 triplane.

Religion

• In the Roman Catholic Church, scarlet robes — symbolizing the color of arterial blood — are worn by Cardinals as a symbol of their willingness to defend their faith "unto the shedding of (their own) blood."
• In the Book of Revelation, the scarlet beast and the great prostitute dressed in purple and scarlet — as a symbol of royalty, luxury and position."
• Babalon is sometimes referred to as the scarlet woman in the esoteric system of Thelema.

School colors

• The official colors of Arcadia University are scarlet and grey.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of Arkansas State University are scarlet and black.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of Boston University are scarlet and white. ^[2] Note: scarlet appears to historical name for Boston University Red (RGB 204,0,0)      ^[3]
• The official colors of Christian Brothers University are scarlet and grey.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of Hanover College are scarlet and royal blue.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of Oberlin College are scarlet and gold.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of The Ohio State University are scarlet and grey.^{[citation needed]}
• The official color of Rutgers University is scarlet.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of San Diego State University are scarlet and black.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of St. Lawrence University are scarlet and brown.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of Texas Tech University are scarlet and black.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of University of Houston are scarlet and albino.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of University of Nebraska are scarlet and cream.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of University of Nevada, Las Vegas are scarlet and silver.^{[citation needed]}
• The official colors of Wabash College are scarlet and white.^{[citation needed]}

Sound recording

• The standard describing the Super Audio CD format is called Scarlet Book (because SACD can be considered a refinement of the original Audio CD format described in the Red Book).^[4]

Sports

• The official colors of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, a popular football (USA soccer) team in Brazil, are scarlet and black.
• The Ferrari F1 racing team color is scarlet.
• The team color of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers.
• The nickname of the Rutgers University athletic teams is the "Scarlet Knights".
• The nickname of the Rutgers-Camden athletic teams is the "Scarlet Raptors".
• The nickname of the Rutgers-Newark athletic teams is the "Scarlet Raiders".
• The Wales national rugby union team is known as the "Scarlet Dragons," due to the color of the Dragon upon the Welsh flag.
• The Welsh region the LLanelli Scarlets are named after the color.

Television

• Captain Scarlet is the main character in the Gerry Anderson children's television production of the same name.

Theatre

• The Scarlet Pimpernel is a Broadway musical based on the book of the same name.

See also

• List of colors
• Crimson

References