Digital swatch #CC0000 204 · 0 · 0

Vivid Red

猩紅Boston University RedRosso corsa

猩紅zh Boston University Reden Rosso corsait

#CC0000 (RGB 204, 0, 0), a vivid red, is catalogued as 猩紅 in Chinese, Boston University Red in English and Rosso corsa in Italian. Its closest named colors in other languages are Ponceau (French) and Rojo persa (Spanish).

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Chinese 蕉紅色 #D70419 · ΔE 7.4 French Ponceau #C60800 · ΔE 2.8 English Blood Orange #D1001C · ΔE 9.6 Italian Rosso pompeiano #D21F1B · ΔE 8.4 Spanish Rojo persa #CB1D11 · ΔE 6.5 Portuguese Urucum #EC2300 · ΔE 11.5 Japanese 金赤 #ED542A · ΔE 17.9
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