Indian red

English

Alternative forms

• Indian-red
• India red

Etymology

1672 pigment, c. 1810–27 colour and adjective. Indian + red, the pigment originally being an earth obtained from the East Indies.

Noun

Indian red (plural Indian reds)

1. Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods.
2. The colour of Indian red pigment: a variety of dark, purplish reds.

Derived terms

• native Indian red

Adjective

Indian red

1. Having the colour of Indian red pigment.

Quotations

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Indian red.

See also

• (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)}

References

2007, Nancy Cox and Karin Dannehl, Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities, 1550-1820, University of Wolverhampton.[1]

Anagrams

• Red Indian