What is crimson

The traditional Chinese color names are bright red and true red. The red among the three primary colors is traditional Chinese red.

?Crimson color is a positive color among the five Chinese colors and a traditional Chinese red among the three primary colors.

According to legend, it was dyed by madder, and its roots can be used as a crimson dye.

But the color is not correct, or it is dyed by Yanzhi, which is studied to be Zanghong, or Sufangmu, one of the red dyes, but the brightness is not enough. If it is matched well with saffron, or it can be matched with vermilion, it will have a similar effect.

Extended information The significance of crimson color in Chinese folk culture In traditional Chinese folk culture, bright red represents celebration and good luck.

People use red to express joy and blessing to each other, or they can also use red to protect themselves and ward off disasters and evil spirits.

The earliest indication that the Chinese people attached great importance to the color red was the time when the cave people in Zhoukoudian, Beijing, lived 18,000 years ago.

In the cavemen's tombs on the top of the mountain, circles of hematite powder were sprinkled around the remains of the deceased.

Academics believe that red hematite is a symbol of blood, and blood is considered the source of life and the parasite of the soul.

The ancestors here sprinkled hematite powder to pray for new life for the dead.

At this time, it has already been given an auspicious meaning.

Red itself can make people feel warm and full of vitality.

On the other hand, in folk culture, red also has a protective function that can ward off evil spirits. The ancients believed that it was mainly because it has a strong yang aura.

Nowadays, in many villages, there is still a custom of wearing a red cloth string on the body after meeting an innocent person.