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scarlet
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color shade of bright red
Key facts
- Hex triplet
- # FF2400
- Srgb r g b
- (255, 36, 0)
- Hsv h s v
- (8°, 100%, 100%)
- Cielch uv l c h
- (55, 172, 14°)
- Source
- X11
- Iscc nbs descriptor
- Vivid reddish orange
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Scarlet is a bright red color, sometimes with a slightly orange tinge. In the spectrum of visible light, and on the traditional color wheel, it is one-quarter of the way between red and orange, slightly less orange than vermilion.
According to researches in Europe and the United States, scarlet and other bright shades of red are the colors most associated with courage, force, passion, heat, and joy. In the Roman Catholic Church, scarlet is the color worn by a cardinal, and is associated with the blood of Christ and the Christian martyrs, and with sacrifice.
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