Oxblood

"Sang de Boeuf" redirects here. For the pottery glaze, see Sang de boeuf glaze. For the wine, see Calitor. For the substance historically known as "bull's blood", see Realgar.
Oxblood
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#4A0000
sRGBB (r, g, b)(74, 0, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(0°, 100%, 29%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(12, 41, 12°)
Source[1][2]
ISCC–NBS descriptorDeep red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
Small 18th-century vase with sang de boeuf glaze

Oxblood or ox-blood is a dark shade of red. It resembles burgundy, but has less purple and more dark brown hues. The French term sang-de-bœuf, or sang de bœuf, with the same meaning (but also "ox blood") is used in various contexts in English,[3] but especially in pottery, where sang de boeuf glaze in the color is a classic ceramic glaze in Chinese ceramics.[4]

The name is often used in fashion, especially for shoes. The term oxblood can be used to describe a range of colors from red to reddish-purple to nearly black with red, brown and blue undertones.[5]

  1. ^ "Oxblood Color HEX Code #4A0000". Eggradients. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "250 Color Names List with Color Images and Code". Vocab Adda. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Merriam-Webster, "sang de bœuf"
  4. ^ gothenborg.com "Langyao hong (Lang kiln red) also "oxblood" or sang de boef (fr.)"
  5. ^ "Oxblood—origins?". Lespaulforum.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.