What is the difference between scarlet and burgundy?

Vermilion is very bright and bright red, while Burgundy is deep red, close to the color of red wine.

Cinnabar is a traditional color name in China, which is between orange and red. Made of opaque cinnabar. Since ancient times, it has been used as rouge for powder application. Cinnabar tends to be yellow in the red series, which is obtained by adding yellow to the big red. In the color circle table, pure red is 0 degrees in HSB, cool red is displayed at 360 degrees, and yellow is displayed at 0 degrees.

brief introduction

Scarlet is one of the ancient colors used by human beings, and the evidence appeared in prehistory of China. Scarlet later spread to the Roman Empire, and Pliny Sr recorded that scarlet became very precious, and the price had to be set by the Roman government.

It was not until the 12 century that cinnabar spread all over Europe and was mostly used in manuscripts decorated with clay gold. Although the use of cinnabar did not become widespread, people began to use cinnabar more in the15th century. The name of China Red comes from the color material cinnabar, which is a red pigment in the traditional art of China. Chinese seal is printed with cinnabar paste, and cinnabar pigment is also made of China red and bright paint. In Taoist culture, cinnabar is regarded as life and eternal color.