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.

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)

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

• Henry Hobson Richardson insisted upon a ground of Persian red for the murals John LaFarge executed lining the interior of Trinity Church, Boston.^[3]

See also

• List of inorganic pigments

References

1. "Persian red / #cc3333 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201
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