Scarlet (color)
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| Scarlet | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #FF2400 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (255, 36, 0) |
| CMYKH | (c, m, y, k) | (0, 219, 255, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (8°, 100%, 100%) |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | ||
Scarlet (from the Persian saqirlat or latin astacus= crayfish) is a color with a hue between red and orange. It is a pure chroma on the color wheel. It is redder than vermilion. Traditionally, scarlet is the color of flame. It may also refer to the color of the blood of a living person.
The emission spectra for compounds of strontium are considered to be in the scarlet red area of the visible light spectrum. The emission lines occur at 640.8 nm, 650.4 nm, 687.8 nm and 707.0 nm.
In the past, scarlet used to be also be called red-orange.
[edit] Popular culture and other uses
- 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.
- In the Roman Catholic Church, scarlet robes are worn by Cardinals as a symbol of their willingness to die for their faith.
- Scarlet is the color worn in traditional academic regalia for those awarded degrees in theology.
- The novel The Scarlet Letter by 19th century American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the life of fictional character Hester Prynne, who wears a prominent scarlet letter "A" in front of her.
- Miss Scarlet is a character in the board game Clue originally by Waddington Games.
- Captain Scarlet is the main character in the Gerry Anderson children's television production of the same name.
- The Ferrari F1 racing team color is scarlet.
- A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1888.
- Scarlet is the name of one of the Shinra executives from Final Fantasy 7.
- The nickname of the Rutgers University athletic teams is the Scarlet Knights.
- The Scarlet Crusade is a fictional group of religious zealots from the Warcraft universe.
- Scarlett O'Hara is the chief protagonist of Margaret Mitchell's epic American Civil War novel Gone With the Wind.
[edit] See also
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