Persian red is a deep reddish orange earth or pigment from the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...

composed of a

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iron Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from la, ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table. It is, by mass, the most common element on Earth, right in f ...

and alumina, with magnesia. It is also called artificial vermillion. The first recorded use of ''Persian red'' as a color name in

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was in 1895. Other colors associated with Persia include Persian pink, Persian rose,

Persian orange In optics, orange has a wavelength between approximately 585 and 620 nm and a hue of 30° in HSV color space. In the RGB color space it is a secondary color numerically halfway between gamma-compressed red and yellow, as can be seen in t ...

Persian blue Persian blue comes in three major tones: Persian blue proper: a bright medium blue; medium Persian blue (a medium slightly grayish blue that is slightly indigoish); and a kind of dark blue which is referred to as Persian indigo, dark Persian ...

and

Persian green Persian green is a color used in pottery and Persian carpets in Iran. It is also utilized in the architecture of religious places. Other colors associated with Persia include Shades of pink#Persian pink, Persian pink, Shades of rose#Persian rose, ...

In human culture

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insisted upon a ground of Persian red for the murals

John LaFarge John La Farge (March 31, 1835 – November 14, 1910) was an American artist whose career spanned illustration, murals, interior design, painting, and popular books on his Asian travels and other art-related topics. La Farge is best known for ...

executed lining the interior of

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.Raguin, Virginia C. Decorator: John LaFarge in ''The makers of Trinity Church in the city of Boston'', ed. James F. O'Gorman, D. Amherst :

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Persian red Persian red is a deep reddish orange earth or pigment from the Persian Gulf composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It is also called artificial vermillion. The first recorded use of ''Persian red'' as a color name in Engl ...

Inorganic pigments

In human culture

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