SCARLET (COLOR)

'Scarlet' (from the Persian ''saqirlat'' or Latin ''astacus'', crayfish) is a red color with a hue that is somewhat toward the orange. It is a pure chroma on the color wheel. It is redder than vermilion. Traditionally, scarlet is the color of flame. It may also refer to the color of the blood of a living person.
The emission spectra for compounds of strontium are considered to be in the ''scarlet red'' area of the visible light spectrum. The emission lines occur at 640.8 nm, 650.4 nm, 687.8 nm and 707.0 nm.
The first recorded use of ''scarlet'' as a color name in English was in 1250. ^[1]

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Scarlet in Human Culture

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Scarlet in Human Culture

'Academic Regalia'

★ Scarlet is the color worn in traditional academic regalia for those awarded doctorates.
'Astronomy'

★ Stars on the main sequence intermediate between spectral classes M and K would be perceived as colored scarlet by human eyes.
'Board Games'

★ Miss Scarlet is a character in the board game Cluedo (US: Clue) originally by Waddington Games.
'Computer Games'

★ The Scarlet Crusade is a fictional group of religious zealots from the Warcraft universe.
'Literature'

★ The novel ''The Scarlet Letter'' by 19th century American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the life of fictional character Hester Prynne, who wears a prominent scarlet letter "A" on her chest to symbolize the sin of adultery.

★ ''A Study in Scarlet'' is the first Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1888.

★ Scarlett O'Hara is the chief protagonist of Margaret Mitchell's epic American Civil War novel ''Gone with the Wind''.

★ The Scarlet Ibis, a tragic short story written by novelist James Hurst.
'Military'

★ The majority of British Army soldiers wore scarlet tunics as part of their full dress uniform until 1914 (hence the term "Redcoats"). Some regiments and corps in both Britain and the Commonwealth armies still wear them in full ceremonial dress and/or mess dress.

★ The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) wear a scarlet jacket as part of their full ceremonial dress uniform.

★ Scarlet is the color of the beret given to United States Air Force Combat Controllers, after completion of Combat Control School at Pope Air Force Base.

★ Scarlet is the branch color of the United States Army Field Artillery Corps.
'Music'

★ Scarlet was a UK rock band of the mid 1990s.
'Religion'

★ In the Roman Catholic Church, scarlet robes - symbolizing the color of arterial blood - are worn by Cardinals as a symbol of their willingness to defend their faith "unto the shedding of (their own) blood."

★ Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops wear robes and skullcaps trimmed in amaranth, or wholly amaranth.

★ In the Book of Revelation, scarlet beast and the great prostitute dressed in purple and scarlet - as a symbol of royalty, luxury and position."

★ Babalon is sometimes referred to as the scarlet woman in the esoteric system of Thelema.
'School Colors'

★ The official colors of University of Nevada, Las Vegas are Scarlet and Gray.

★ The official colors of Rutgers University are Scarlet and Black.

★ The official colors of Boston University are Scarlet and White.

★ The official colors of Christian Brothers University are Scarlet and Grey.

★ The official colors of The Ohio State University are Scarlet and Grey.

★ The official colors of San Diego State University are Scarlet and Black.

★ The official colors of University of Nebraska are Scarlet and Cream.

★ The official colors of University of Houston are Scarlet and Albino.
'Sports'

★ The main team color of Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals.

★ The Ferrari F1 racing team color is scarlet.

★ The nickname of the Rutgers University athletic teams is the Scarlet Knights.

★ The Wales national rugby union team is known as the "Scarlet Dragon's" due to the colour of the Dragon upon the Welsh flag.
'Television'

★ Captain Scarlet is the main character in the Gerry Anderson children's television production of the same name.
'Video Games'

★ Scarlet is the name of one of the Shinra executives from Final Fantasy VII.

References

1. Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Scarlet: Page 25 Plate 1 Color Sample L12

See also

★ List of colors