Indian red
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
1672 pigment, c. 1810–27 colour and adjective. Indian + red, the pigment originally being an earth obtained from the East Indies.
NounEdit
Indian red (plural Indian reds)
- Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods.
- The colour of Indian red pigment: a variety of dark, purplish reds.
Derived termsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
- Having the colour of Indian red pigment.
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Indian red.
See alsoEdit
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
ReferencesEdit
2007, Nancy Cox and Karin Dannehl, Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities, 1550-1820, University of Wolverhampton.[1]