Shades of red
Varieties of the color red may differ in hue, chroma, lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a red or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.
In specific color systems
Red (RGB)
Red , RGB red, or electric red is the brightest possible red that can be reproduced on a computer monitor. This color is an approximation of an orangish red spectral color. It is one of the three primary colors of light in the RGB color model, along with green and blue. The three additive primaries in the RGB color system are the three colors of light chosen such as to provide the maximum gamut of colors that are capable of being represented on a computer or television set, at a reasonable expense of power. Portable devices such as mobile phones might have an even narrower gamut due to this purity–power tradeoff and their "red" may be less colorful and more orangish than the standard red of sRGB.This color is also the color called red in the X11 web colors, which were originally formulated in 1987. It is also called color wheel red. It is at precisely zero degrees on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel. Its complementary color is cyan.
Red (CMYK) (pigment red)
Pigment red is the color red that is achieved by mixing process magenta and process yellow in equal proportions. This is the color red that is shown in the diagram located at the bottom of the following website offering tintbooks for CMYK printing: .The purpose of the CMYK color system is to provide the maximum possible gamut of colors capable of being reproduced in printing.
Psychedelic art made people used to brighter colors of red, and pigment colors or colored pencils called "true red" are produced by mixing pigment red with a tiny amount of white. The result approximates the electric red shown above.
Red (Crayola)
The color is defined as red in Crayola crayons.Red was one of the original colors formulated by Crayola in 1903.
Red (Munsell)
The Munsell color system is a color space that specifies colors based on three color dimensions: hue, value, and chroma, spaced uniformly in three dimensions in the Munsell color solid. In order for all the colors to be spaced uniformly, it was found necessary to use a color wheel with five, non-arbitrary, equally spaced primary colors: red, yellow, green, blue, and purple.The color of the sample is the most chromatic red in the sRGB gamut that falls in the hue of 5R in the Munsell color space.
Red (NCS) (psychological primary red)
The color is defined as red in the NCS or Natural Color System. The Natural Color System is a color system based on the four unique hues or psychological primary colors red, yellow, green, and blue. The NCS is based on the opponent process theory of vision.The Natural Color System is widely used in Scandinavia.
Red (Pantone)
The color is defined as red in Pantone.The source of this color is the Pantone Textile Paper eXtended color list, color No. 032M—Red.
Variations of red
Amaranth
Amaranth is a pinkish-red color, which gets its name from the color of a red amaranth flower.Apple red
Apple red is the color of the peel of an apple.Barn red
The color barn red is one of the colors on one of the milk paint color lists, paint colors formulated to reproduce the colors historically used on the American frontier and made, like those paints were, with milk. This color is mixed with various amounts of white paint to create any desired shade of the color barn red.Batorange
The color batorange is a nuance of Orange Nectar Bat species, Lonchophylla robusta. It is a dark red-orange, dark vermilion, rufous color.Bittersweet shimmer
Bittersweet shimmer is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Metallic FX, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 2001.Although this is supposed to be a metallic color, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.
Blood red
The color of blood red ranges from crimson to a dark brown-red and may have a slightly orange hue. In the RGB color spectrum, it often consists only of the color red, with no green or blue component; in the CMYK color model blood red has no cyan, and consists only of magenta and yellow with a small amount of black. It is frequently darker than both maroon and dark red.In China, according to The Language of Color in China, dark blood red is sometimes referred to as "period red".
Brink pink
The color brink pink was formulated by Crayola in 1990.Cantaloupe melon
The color cantaloupe melon is a representation of the color of the interior flesh of a cantaloupe, the most commonly consumed melon.The first recorded use of melon as a color name in English was in 1892.
In 1958, melon was formulated as one of the Crayola colors.
Cardinal red
Cardinal red, also called cardinal, is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by cardinals. The bird takes its name from the color.Carmine
The color carmine is a vivid crimson. In its pigment form it mostly contains the red light with wavelengths longer than 600 nm, i.e. it is close to the extreme spectral red. This places it far beyond standard gamuts, and its given RGB value is a poor approximation only.Chili red
Chili red is the color of red chili peppers. It is the shade of red used in the flags of Chile and South Africa. On the flag of South Africa, it is defined as Pantone 179.Chocolate cosmos
Chocolate cosmos, or red cosmos is the color of Cosmos atrosanguineus species.The color is described as dark red, deep crimson, deeper burgundy, deep red chocolate, as dark hazelnut and velvety maroon.
Cinnabar
The color cinnabar derives from the mineral of the same name. It is a slightly orange shade of red, with variations ranging from bright scarlet to brick red.Coral pink
The color coral pink is a pinkish color.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 complementary color of coral pink is teal.
Cordovan
Cordovan is a rich medium dark shade of red.The first recorded use of cordovan as a color name in English was in 1925.
Crimson
Crimson is a strong, bright, deep red color combined with some blue or violet, resulting in a small degree of purple. It is also the color between rose and red on the RGB color wheel and magenta and red on the RYB color wheel.Cunard red
When the British shipping line Cunard was launched, a red funnel colour was selected to identify the company's ships. However, the heat from the funnels caused the paint to peel. To stop this, the red paint was thickened and mixed with buttermilk. When the heat of the funnel interacted with the buttermilk within the mixture, however, the red paint changed in colour and became a distinctive red-orange. This shade of red became known as Cunard Red.Cymbidium red
The color cymbidium red is an nuance of red Cymbidium flower specie. Cymbidium red is a vivid red, look like jasper color.Dark red
This is the web color dark red.Fire brick
This is the web color fire brick.Fire engine red
Fire engine red is an intense, bright red commonly used on emergency vehicles; mostly on fire engines, other associated fire service vehicles, and ambulances.Fluorescent red
Fluorescent red is a light brilliant red color.Garnet
The color garnet can be considered a dark tone of red, with some slight purple tints.This color represents the hue of an average garnet gemstone, though garnets can range in color from orange to green.
Imperial red
Imperial red is a representation of the red color of the Imperial Standard of Napoleon I.The first recorded use of imperial red as a color name in English was in 1914.
Note: the RGB values for Pantone red and imperial red are identical.
Indian red
The name Indian red derives from the red laterite soil found in India, which is composed of naturally occurring iron oxides. The first recorded use of "Indian red" as a color term in English was in 1792.Jasper
The color jasper is named for red jasper, the most commonly known form of jasper; however, as with many gemstones, jasper can be found in many colors, from yellow to brown and even green. The color was formulated by Crayola in 1994 as part of their Gem Tones crayon set.Light coral
The web color light coral is a pinkish-light orange color. It is also a HTML/CSS color name and a X11 color name.Light red
The color light red, though very similar to pink, is a shade of red that is roughly 50% lighter than red.Lust
Lust is a rich shade of red.This color is not mentioned in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color by Maerz and Paul but is found on the 1955 ISCC-NBS color list.