| Tuscan Red | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #7C3030 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (124, 48, 48) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (0°, 61%, 49%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (31, 55, 12°) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark red |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Tuscan red is a shade of red that was used on some railroad cars, particularly passenger cars.
The color is most closely associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad, which used it on passenger cars and on its TrucTrain flatcars. It also was used extensively by the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia, in a similar fashion to the PRR.[2] The Norfolk and Western Railway used it as an accent color on its J class steam locomotives. The Canadian Pacific Railway used it historically and painted its luxury revival cars in this color.[3] It is also a Prismacolor colored pencil.
- ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called Tuscan red in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color Tuscan Red is displayed on p. 37, Plate 7, Color Sample L8.
- ^ John C. Dunn (March 2007). Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering, 1921-1955. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-877058-42-4. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ Tom Murray (1 July 2006). Canadian Pacific Railway. Voyageur Press. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-7603-2255-0. Retrieved 12 September 2011.