Scarlet (color)
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Scarlet (from the Persian سقرلات saqerlât; see Scarlet (cloth)) is a bright red color with a hue that is somewhat toward orange and is redder than vermilion. It is a pure chroma on the color wheel one-fourth of the way between red and orange.[2] Scarlet is traditionally the color of flame, or fire. It may also symbolize the color of the blood of a living person, like crimson, although the actual color of blood (from hemoglobin) is closer to crimson than scarlet.
An early recorded use of scarlet as a color name in the English language dates to 1250.[3]
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Variations of scarlet[edit]
Torch red[edit]
| Scarlet (Crayola) | |
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 Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #FC2847 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (252, 40, 71) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 215, 183, 3) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (-9°, 84%, 99[4]%) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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This is the color now called scarlet in Crayola crayons. It was originally formulated as torch red in 1998 and then renamed scarlet by Crayola in 2000.
Flame[edit]
| Flame | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #E25822 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (226, 88, 34) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 61, 85, 11) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (17°, 85%, 89[5]%) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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The color flame is a medium shade of scarlet, is displayed to the left. The first recorded use of flame as a color name in English was in 1590.[6]
The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955),[7] a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps. A sample of the color "Flame" (color sample #34) is also displayed in the Dictionary online version.[8]
Fire brick[edit]
| Fire Brick | |
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| Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #B22222 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (178, 34, 34) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (0°, 74%, 42%) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at left is the web color fire brick, a medium dark shade of scarlet/red.
Scarlet in human culture[edit]
Academic dress[edit]
- Scarlet is the color worn in traditional academic dress in the United Kingdom for those awarded doctorates.
- It is also the color of many of the undergraduate gowns worn by students of the ancient universities of Scotland.
- In academic dress in the USA, scarlet is used for hood bindings (borders) and, depending on the university or school, other parts of the dress (velvet chevrons, facings, etc.) to denote a degree in some form or branch of Theology (e.g., Sacred Theology, Canon Law, Divinity, Ministry).
- In the French academic dress system, the five traditional fields of study (Arts, Science, Medicine, Law and Divinity) are each symbolized by a distinctive color, which appears in the academic dress of the people who graduated in this field. Scarlet is the distinctive color for Law. As such, it is also the color worn on their court dress by French high magistrates.
Film[edit]
- In the Star Wars universe, during the Old Republic, starships that carried diplomatic personnel on diplomatic missions were colored scarlet—by interplanetary treaties, this prevented them from being fired on.[9]
Literature[edit]
- The novel The Scarlet Letter by 19th century American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the life of the fictional character Hester Prynne, who wears a prominent scarlet letter "A" (for "adulteress") on her chest as a punishment for adultery.
Military[edit]
- Scarlet and gold are the colors of the United States Marine Corps.
- The majority of British Army soldiers wore scarlet tunics as part of their full dress uniform until 1914 (hence the term "Redcoats"). Some regiments and corps in both Britain and the Commonwealth armies still wear them in full ceremonial dress and/or mess dress.
- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) wear a scarlet jacket as part of their full ceremonial dress uniform.
- Scarlet is the color of the beret given to United States Air Force Combat Controllers, after completion of Combat Control School at Pope Air Force Base.
- Scarlet is the branch color of the United States Army Field Artillery Corps.
- World War I ace pilot, Manfred Von Richthofen (The Red Baron) painted his aircraft scarlet red, most notable, his Fokker Dr.I triplane.
Orders and decorations[edit]
- Scarlet is the colour of the robes and sash of the Order of the Bath in the United Kingdom, and the Order has a Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod.[10]
Religion[edit]
- In the Roman Catholic Church, scarlet robes — symbolizing the color of arterial blood — are worn by Cardinals as a symbol of their willingness to defend their faith "unto the shedding of (their own) blood."
- In the Book of Revelation, the scarlet beast and the great prostitute dressed in purple and scarlet — as a symbol of royalty, luxury and position."
- In the 17th century, Puritans in New England referred to the Roman Catholic Church as the Great Scarlet Whore.[11] This terminology continued to be used, also in the form Great Scarlet Whore of Babylon, by many Protestants and later Mormons in Northern America, to refer to the Roman Catholic Church well into the 20th century.
- Babalon is sometimes referred to as the scarlet woman in the esoteric system of Thelema.[12]
- In the Bible, in the book of Isaiah 1:18 it is written “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." [13]
Sport[edit]
- The Scarlets are the name of a Welsh professional rugby union team, and play in scarlet.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ RGB approximations of RYB quaternary colors, using cubic interpolation.[1] The colors displayed here are substantially paler than the true colors a mixture of paints would produce.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Color Sample of Scarlet: Page 25 Plate 1 Color Sample L12 (Scarlet is shown as being one of the colors on the right and bottom of the plate representing the most highly saturated colors between red and orange at a position one-fourth of the way between red and orange.)
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Scarlet: Page 25 Plate 1 Color Sample L12
- ^ "Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FC2847 (Torch Red)".
- ^ "Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #E25822 (Flame)". Peter Forret.
- ^ Maerz, A.; Paul, M. Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw Hill. p. page 195; Color Sample of Flame: Page 25 Plate 1 Color Sample D12.
- ^ The ISCC-NBS Method of Designating Colors and a Dictionary of Color Names. National Bureau of Standards. 1955.
- ^ "Fa through Fz". ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names (1955) (Retsof online version). Texas Precancel Club.
- ^ W. Haden Blackman Star Wars: The new Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels New York:2003 Ballantine Books Page 117
- ^ Mackinnon of Dunakin, Charles (1966). The Observer's Book of Heraldry. Frederick Warne & Co. p. 125.
- ^ Woodward, Colin American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America New York:2011 Penguin Page 75
- ^ Crowley, Alistair Magic 1926
- ^ Isaiah 1:18 (King James Version)
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