Persian red
| Persian red | |
|---|---|
 | |
 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°) |
| Source | ColorHexa[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid 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.
In human culture
[edit]- Henry Hobson Richardson insisted upon a ground of Persian red for the murals John LaFarge executed lining the interior of Trinity Church, Boston.[3]
Agricultural Equipment
• Allis-Chalmers and its successor, AGCO, used Persian orange as the color of their tractors manufactured starting with Allis-Chalmers Model U. Allis-Chalmers updated the Persian orange color with the introduction of its 100 series. The color was phased out when Allis-Chalmers sold its agricultural division to form Deutz-Allis, but the color was brought back with the management buyout to form AGCO. The color was abandoned when AGCO stopped producing its own brand of tractors.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Persian red / #cc3333 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201
- ↑ 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