188 Color names for "Red"

Pale red-violet, identical to the web color "pale violet red," is a pale tone of red-violet.

The first recorded use of Tuscany as a color name in English was in 1922. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #16-1219 TPX—Tuscany.

Fire engine red is an informal name for an intense, bright red commonly used on emergency vehicles in many countries on fire service vehicles. There is no unique shade, although different fire services may have a required specification. The color has long been used, although not by all fire vehicles.

The web color orange-red was formulated in 1987 as one of the X11 colors, which became known as the X11 web colors after the invention of the World Wide Web in 1991.

Coral red is a vibrant color, often described as a mix of red and orange tones.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-1755 TPX—Paradise Pink. Since it has a hue code of 347, the color paradise pink is within the range of carmine colors.

The Crayola color red-orange has been a Crayola color since 1930.

Raspberry is a color that resembles the color of raspberries. The first recorded use of raspberry as a color name in English was in 1892.

Displayed adjacent is the color Boston University Scarlet, the color which, along with white, is symbolic of Boston University. The color is identical to Utah Crimson.

Displayed in the color box is the color rich maroon, i.e. maroon as defined in the X11 color names, which is much brighter and more toned toward rose than the HTML/CSS maroon.

Titian is a tint of red hair, most commonly described as brownish-orange in color. It is often confused with Venetian and auburn.

Eggplant is a dark purple or brownish-purple color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants. Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine (the French, German and British English word for eggplant). The first recorded use of eggplant as a color name in English was in 1915. The pinkish-purple-grayish color shown in the color box as eggplant was introduced by Crayola in 1998. Different varieties of eggplant may range from indigo to white (the term eggplant originated as a description of white colored eggplants because they look like eggs).Chinese eggplants are the same shape as a European eggplant, but are colored a dark violet color.Thai eggplants are small, round, and colored forest green. Purple is a more used term.

The first recorded use of rose vale as a color name in English was in 1923.

Pigment red is the color red that is achieved by mixing process (printer's) magenta and process (printer's) yellow in equal proportions.

Carmine is a term for deep red colors that are slightly purplish but closer to red than crimson. Some rubies have a rich carmine color. The dark red shown here represents the raw pigment, while lighter and brighter shades come from processing it. The first recorded use of "carmine" as a color name in English was in 1523.

Crimsonis a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, Kermes vermilio, but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colors that are between red and rose. It is the national color of Nepal. The color #DC143C, known as Crimson, was added to the X11 color system in 1999. It is part of the extended set of colors introduced with updates to the original X11 color specifications.

The rich carmine color tone matches the shade shown as carmine in the 1930 book "A Dictionary of Color". Also known as Chinese carmine, this color is commonly referred to as carmine in fashion and interior design.

The first recorded use of mahogany red as a color name in English was in 1843.

Copper penny is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.

Chinese red or China red is the name used for the vermilion shade used in Chinese lacquerware. The shade of the color can vary from dark to light depending upon how the pigment is made and how the lacquer was applied. Chinese red was originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar, but beginning in about the 8th century it was made more commonly by a chemical process combining mercury and sulfur. Vermilion has significance in Taoist culture, and is regarded as the color of life and eternity. "Chinese red" appears in English in 1924.

The color catawba is a representation of the color of the outer skin of catawba grapes. The first recorded use of catawba as a color name in English was in 1916.

The color #8B0000, known as Dark Red, was introduced as part of the X11 color system in 1987.

The name rose bonbon translates loosely from French into English as candy rose or candy pink, or more specifically as bonbon rose or bonbon pink – presumably referring to bonbons that are coated with icing that is colored rose bonbon. Rose bonbon is a tone of rose that is popular in France.

Magenta (Pantone) refers to the color designated as magenta in the Pantone color system. It is sourced from the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX) color list as color #17-2036 TPX—Magenta.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #18-2525 TPX—Magenta Haze.

Candy apple red (occasionally known as apple-candy red) is the name code used by manufacturing companies to define a shade of red similar to the red sugar coating on candied apples. The typical method for producing a candy apple finish is to apply a metallic base-coat, followed by a translucent color coat. A final clear coat adds additional gloss.

The colour blood red is a dark shade of the colour red meant to resemble the colour of human blood. It is the iron in hemoglobin specifically that gives blood its red colour. The actual colour ranges from crimson to a dark brown-blood depending on how oxygenated the blood is, and may have a slightly orange hue. Different sources have proposed different color schemes for the color blood red. This is one of these.

In color printing, the color called process magenta or pigment magenta is one of the three primary pigment colors which, along with yellow and cyan, constitute the three subtractive primary colors of pigment. Magenta (subtractive primary) is a bright, vivid shade of pink, often referred to as Bright Pink or Fuchsia.

The color raspberry glacé is a medium shade of raspberry that is used in interior design. The first recorded use of raspberry glacé as a color name in English was in 1926. The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers. The normalized color coordinates for raspberry glacé are identical to mauve taupe, first recorded as a color name in English in 1925.

Red-purple is the color that is called Rojo-Púrpura (the Spanish word for "red-purple") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm. Although red-purple is a seldom-used color name in English, in Spanish it is regarded one of the major tones of purple.

The colour blood red is a dark shade of the colour red meant to resemble the colour of human blood. It is the iron in hemoglobin specifically that gives blood its red colour. The actual colour ranges from crimson to a dark brown-blood depending on how oxygenated the blood is, and may have a slightly orange hue. Different sources have proposed different color schemes for the color blood red. This is one of these.

The telemagenta is one of the colors in the RAL color matching system, a color system widely used in Europe.The RAL color list first originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.

The color name "kobi" for this light tone of red-violet has been in use since 2001, when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona Color List.

Rubine red is a vibrant, deep red color from the Pantone color system. It is widely used in design and printing for its bold, striking appearance.

The name of the web color is written as "deeppink" (no space) in HTML for computer display.

Sunset orange is a color that was formulated by Crayola in 1997.

The color light red, though very similar to pink, is a shade of red that is roughly 50% lighter than red.

Cardinal and blue are the official school colors of California State University, Fresno.

The color name irresistible first came into use in the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers. The normalized color coordinates for irresistible are identical to raspberry rose, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1950 in the Descriptive Color Names Dictionary.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #18-2436 TPX—Fuchsia Purple.

Coral pink is a pinkish color. The complementary color of coral pink is teal. The first recorded use of coral pink as a color name in English was in 1892. Late in 2016, the color sample was renamed Coral Red by Pantone, as the RGB, hex and HTML color table showed the same color as being reddish, standing against popular belief of pinkish. Still today, some people call Coral Red as Coral Pink due to this old attribution. The normalized color coordinates for coral pink are identical to Congo pink, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1912.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #18-1612 TPX—Deep Taupe.

Spanish red, also known as torch red, is the color that is called rojo (the Spanish word for "red") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

Spanish carmine is the color that is called Carmin (the Spanish word for "carmine") in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

Cardinal is a vivid red, which may get its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is scarlet). The cardinal bird also takes its name from the cardinal bishops. The first recorded use of cardinal as a color name in English was in the year 1698.

Before the invention of printer’s magenta in the 1890s for CMYK printing and electric magenta in the 1980s for computer displays, the original magenta color was created from coal tar dyes and introduced in 1859. This original magenta is sometimes referred to as "rich magenta" to distinguish it from printer’s magenta and electric magenta. Magenta was one of the first aniline dyes, discovered shortly after the Battle of Magenta in 1859, which took place near the town of Magenta in northern Italy. Initially called fuchsine or roseine, the dye's name was changed to "magenta" in 1860 for marketing purposes, after the battle. As a result, the color is indirectly named after the town of Magenta.

The color box shows the color called Puce from the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color.

French fuchsia is the tone of fuchsia called fuchsia in a color list popular in France.

English lavender is a medium light tone of grayish pinkish lavender. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-3617 TPX—English Lavender.

The color brink pink was formulated by Crayola in 1998. Since 2005 it is called pink sherbert.