What color is close to scarlet?

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.

Because the real cinnabar comes from China, it is also called China Red. From an artistic point of view, there is only vermilion, not China red. China Red is just another name for scarlet.

This kind of TINT is easy to get excited, and its red color is obvious. This remarkable special attribute is widely used in food, fashion and leisure websites.

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First, the history of scarlet

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 it was mostly used to decorate manuscripts with clay gold. Although the use of cinnabar did not become widespread, people began to use cinnabar more in the15th century.

Second, the color system

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.

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