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
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#C80815
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(200, 8, 21)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(0°, 84%, 84%)
Source		[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

1. ^ 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