Color pages [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Where is Red?
http:// www.agu.ac.jp / ~vicks62 / jeffreyb / red5. html

Its six-digit hex code is ff-00-00.
We can simplify that to the 3-digit code (and rgb location) f,0,0.
Its 15-unit composition is the full 15 units of red light.

color
systems
pigment Crayola Munsell Natural CS Pantone
r-g-b ed-1b-24 ee-20-4d f2-00-3c c4-02-34 ed-28-39
red          
           
rr-gg-bb ee-2222 ee-22-55 ee-00-44 cc-00-33 ee-22-33
15 interval
analysis
st [1] t [1]
r [12]
st [1] t [1]
r [9] m [3]
s [1]
r [10] m [4]
s [3]
r [9] m [3]
st [1] t [1]
r [11] m [1]

Above are some other versions of "red". Let's mark them with an "x" in our slice of the Color Cube (below).

        
000
black 
f00
red 
f0f
magenta 
ff0
yellow 
fff
white 

This is the red "pallette". You can use
magenta OR yellow, but NOT together.

What about some other shades of red (including pink)? Where are they? What are their proportions?

   (P) Pink = fbc m[ 1] [11]w
r [ 3] [__]y
   (bb) light pink = fbb m[ _] [11]w
r [ 4] [ _]y
   (ca) carnation pink = fac m[ 2] [10]w
r [ 3] [ _]y
   (sa) salmon pink = f9a m[ 1] [ 9]w
r [ 5] [ _]y
   (sh) shocking pink = f7f m[ 8] [ 7]w
r [ 0] [ _]y
   (H) Hot pink = f6b m[ 5] [ 6]w
r [ 4] [ _]y
   (D) Deep pink = f19 m[ 8] [ 1]w
r [ 6] [ _]y

[blue] [red] [green]
[0] [1] [2] [3] [4] Black = 5 [6] [7]
      m [10]
aa-55-aa
              a 
aaaa-aa
       
aa-00-99
            9   
aaaa-99
       
aa-00-88
           8    
aaaa-88
       
aa-00-77
          7     
aaaa-77
       
aa-00-66
        6       
aaaa-66
       
aa-00-55
       5        
aaaa-55
       
aa-00-44
      4         
aaaa-44
       
aa-00-33
    3           
aaaa-22
       
aa-00-22
   F            
aaaa-22
       
aa-00-11
  1             
aaaa-11
        r [10]
aa-0000
0                y [10]
aaaa-00

       green [0] green [10]

   (le) lemon yellow = ff9 m[ _] [ 9]w
r [ 0] [ 6]y
   (ap) apricot = fda m[ _] [10]w
r [ 2] [ 3]y
   (gr) golden rod = fd6 m[ _] [ 6]w
r [ 2] [ 7]y
   (M) Mustard = fd5 m[ _] [ 5]w
r [ 2] [ 8]y
   (pe) peach = fca m[ _] [10]w
r [ 3] [ 2]y
   (L) light salmon = f97 m[ _] [ 6]w
r [ 6] [ 2]y
   (ta) tan = f95 m[ _] [ 5]w
r [ 6] [ 4]y
   (S) salmon = f87 m[ _] [ 7]w
r [ 7] [ 1]y
   (bi) bittersweet = f76 m[ _] [ 6]w
r [ 8] [ 1]y
   (C) coral = f75 m[ _] [ 5]w
r [ 8] [ 2]y
   (or) orange = f73 m[ _] [ 3]w
r [ 8] [ 4]y
   (T) tomato = f64 m[ _] [ 4]w
r [ 9] [ 2]y

Upper projections (on the right) of darker colors (less than 15 units of light) in the Red Zone:

   Violet = e8e +111=f9f 
   crimson = d14 +222=f36 
 
   Indian red = c55 +333=f88 
   Firebrick = a22 +555=f77 
   dark red = 800 +777=f77 
 
   mustard yellow = da0 +222=fc2 
   Dark Salmon = e97 +111=fa8 


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