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Persian red

Persian red

Color

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.

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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.

In human culture

Architecture

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Persian red / #cc3333 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  2. [2]
    Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201
  3. [3]
    Raguin, Virginia C. Decorator: John LaFarge in The makers of Trinity Church in the city of Boston, ed. James F. O'Gorman, D. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2004. p 120
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