About
red is:
- a hue color (chromatic)
- a pure color without additive.
- one of the percepted human colors.
- is used as primary color:
- coordinate in a colorspace (for instance the rgb colorspace)
- in a rgb wheel
- located at 650 nm on the visual spectrum
- close to orange in the visual spectrum
- is the highest wavelength in the visual spectrum (has therefore less dispersion and is the color of the sunset among with its closest color orange)
- located at 0 degree in a rgb additive wheel
- a plus color (additive color)
- used mostly in a additive color model - ie with light (screen, monitor,…) and not with pigment (painting, printing, inking)
- coupled with this emotions: passion, power, love, danger, excitement
- is a warm color
This is the more common color to avert of a danger (mainly due to the color of the blood).
The complementary color of red is:
- in a additive model: cyan
- in a subtractive model: green (You need to stop at a red sign but you can start again at a green sign)
Identifier
Identifier:
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- #FF0000
- 255,0,0
- Name: red
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