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venetian red
n.
A deep to strong reddish brown.
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Venetian red
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a shade of brown with a tinge of red
Synonyms: reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna
Wikipedia:
Venetian red
Venetian red is a light and warm (somewhat unsaturated) pigment that is a darker shade of scarlet, derived from nearly pure ferric oxide (Fe2O3) of the hematite type. Modern versions are frequently made with synthetic red iron oxide.
Venetian red
| Venetian Red | ||
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rect 0 0 50 50 About these coordinates desc none</imagemap>— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #C80815 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (200, 8, 21) |
| (h, s, v) | (0°, 84%, 84%) | |
| Source | [Unsourced] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color Venetian red.
The first recorded use of Venetian red as a color name in English was in 1753. [1]
The source of this color is a picture of a bottle of Venetian red car paint with a color sample of Venetian red on the side of the bottle:[1].
References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color sample of Venetian red: Page 35 Plate 6 color sample I12
| Shades of red | |||||||||||
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| Alizarin | Amaranth | Burgundy | Cardinal | Carmine | Cerise | Chestnut | Coral Red | Crimson | Dark Pink | Falu red | Fire engine red |
| Fuchsia | Girlsnberry | Hollywood Cerise | Magenta | Maroon | Mauve | Persian red | Pink | Persimmon | Red | Red-violet | Rose |
| Rust | Puce | Sangria | Scarlet | Shocking Pink | Terra cotta | Venetian red | Vermilion | ||||
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 | Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Architecture. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
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| Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Venetian red". Read more |
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