Persian red

Persian red
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#CC3333
sRGBB (r, g, b)(204, 51, 51)
HSV (h, s, v)(0°, 75%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(46, 119, 12°)
SourceColorHexa[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Persian red is a deep reddish orange earth or pigment from the Persian Gulf composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It is also called artificial vermillion.

The first recorded use of Persian red as a color name in English was in 1895.[2]

Other colors associated with Persia include Persian pink, Persian rose, Persian orange, Persian blue and Persian green.

  1. ^ "Persian red / #cc3333 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201