Scarlet (color)

Scarlet
 
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Hex triplet#FF2400
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 36, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(8°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(55, 172, 14°)
SourceX11
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid reddish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Scarlet is a bright red color,[1][2] sometimes with a slightly orange tinge.[3] 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.[4]

According to surveys 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.[5] 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.

Scarlet is also associated with immorality and sin, particularly prostitution or adultery, largely because of a passage referring to "The Great Harlot", "dressed in purple and scarlet", in the Bible (Revelation 17:1–6).[5]

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary Online Edition
  2. ^ Webster's New World Dictionary of American English, College Edition.
  3. ^ "Scarlett". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 1 June 2019. a vivid red colour, sometimes with an orange tinge; very bright red with a slightly orange tinge
  4. ^ 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.)
  5. ^ a b Eva Heller (2009), Psychologie de la couleur; effets et symboliques, pp. 42-49