Persian red
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.
Other colors associated with Persia include Persian pink, Persian rose, Persian orange, Persian blue and Persian green.
In human culture
Architecture- Henry Hobson Richardson insisted upon a ground of Persian red for the murals John LaFarge executed lining the interior of Trinity Church, Boston.