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Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometers. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy.

colour, located between red and yellow in the spectrum of light

Pink is a pale tint of red or rose, the color of the pink flower. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. A combination of pink and white is associated with innocence, whereas a combination of pink and black links to eroticism and seduction.

Magenta is a purplish-red color. On color wheels of the RGB and CMYK color models, it is located directly midway between blue and red. It is one of the 4 colors of subtractive ink used in color printing by most color printers, also known as CMYK along with yellow, cyan, and black to make all the other colors and hues. The tone of magenta used in printing, printer's magenta, is redder than the magenta of the RGB (additive) model, the former being closer to rose.

wine made from dark-colored grape varieties with coloring from the skin

thumb|Ochre pigment Ochre ( ; ) is a family of natural clay earth pigments, made up of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand, ranging in colour from yellow to deep orange or brown. The term is also used for the colours produced by this pigment, especially a light brownish-yellow. A variant of ochre containing a large amount of hematite, or dehydrated iron oxide, has a reddish tint known as red ochre (or, in some dialects in England, ruddle). The term "ochre" is colloquially used to cover a range of different substances used for their colours in Aboriginal Australian art and ceremon

color shade of bright red

thumb|The Venetian painter Titian used vermilion for dramatic effect. In the Assumption of the Virgin (1516–18), the vermilion robes draw the eye to the main characters. thumb|A Chinese "cinnabar red" carved lacquer box from the Qing dynasty (1736–1795), [[National Museum of China, Beijing]]

Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple.

Maroon ( , ) is a brownish red color that takes its name from the French word , meaning chestnut. Marron is also one of the French translations for "brown".

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chemical compound

color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel

dark red color associated with the Burgundy wine

dark shade of red that resembles the typical color of red wine

a warm color ranging from light orange to pink

reddish-rose color

perceived blood-like rain typically caused by aerial spores of microalgae Trentepohlia annulata

red-orange-brown color resembling iron oxide

color (vivid red)

range of reddish pinks

thumb|A sinopia showing a king, from the Museum of Sinopie in Pisa, [[Italy. ]] thumb|The sinopia—in this case, meaning the underpainting—of a painting of the Madonna and Child by [[Giovanni di Francesco Toscani ]] thumb|A sinopia for a fresco by Buonamico Buffalmacco (1290-1341), in the Museum of Sinopie in Pisa Sinopia (also known as sinoper, named after the now Turkish city Sinop) is a dark reddish-brown natural earth pigment, whose reddish colour comes from hematite, a dehydrated form of iron oxide. It was widely used in Classical Antiquity and the Middle Ages for painting, and during the

color that resembles the color of raspberries

brownish-red colour

cadmium pigments

class of pigments that have cadmium as one of the chemical components

international orange

color, shade of orange with red; used in the aerospace industry to set objects apart from their surroundings

reddish brown color

thumb|alt=Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)|Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)

reddish-brown hair color

color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished ruby gemstone

Coquelicot ( ) is a shade of red. The term is originally the French name for the wild corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, which is distinguished by its bright red color and orange tint. It eventually passed into English usage as the name of a color based upon that of the flower. The first recorded use of this usage was in the year 1795.

thumb|Small 18th-century vase with sang de boeuf glaze Oxblood or ox-blood is a dark shade of maroon, and is one of the darkest shades 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, but especially in pottery, where sang de boeuf glaze in the color is a classic ceramic glaze in Chinese ceramics.

Fulvous (, ) is a colour, sometimes described as dull orange, brownish-yellow or tawny; it can also be likened to a variation of buff, beige, or butterscotch. As an adjective it is used in the names of many species of birds, and occasionally other animals, to describe their appearance. It is also used as in mycology to describe fungi with greater colour specificity, specifically the pigmentation of the surface cuticle, the broken flesh and the spores en masse.

right|thumb|A red-violet used on a postage stamp

chemical compound

Alizarin crimson

deep pink colour

thumb|Murrey is used on these de Jong arms: Azure, a bezant; a chief per saltire, murrey and azure, filleted argent, over the partition a fillet saltire nowy, also argent. thumb|The name of the heraldic stain of murrey derives from the name of the Morus nigra|mulberry, which is the fruit of the tree Morus nigra whose reddish purple colour murrey originally represented.

colors that are variations of red

varieties of the color pink

candy apple red

Perinone is a class of organic compounds. The parent compound has two isomers, each of which are useful pigments.

shade of orange

varieties of the color orange

fire engine red

informal name for an intense, bright red

shade of red used on some railway cars