The color name "Red" has been approved in accordance with the internal procedures of The Official Register of Color Names.Record Validation Evidence: Wikipedia/Red
The history behind the Color Name Red
The origin of the color name "red" traces back to the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) root *reudh-, which is understood to mean red or ruddy. This ancient root, dating back to around 4500 to 2500 BC, laid the foundation for the development of the word for red in various Indo-European languages over the subsequent millennia. The linguistic evolution of the term can be observed in Proto-Germanic, the ancestor of all Germanic languages spoken circa 500 BC to 500 AD, where the word for red was *rauthaz, stemming directly from the PIE root. This Proto-Germanic term further evolved into Old English as "read," pronounced akin to "red" as we say it today.
In parallel, Latin, another Indo-European language, developed its own terms for red: "rufus" and "rubinus," both also derivatives of the PIE root *reudh-. The Latin etymological heritage influenced the Romance languages, leading to words like "rouge" in French. Meanwhile, in the Germanic language branch, Old High German adopted the word "rot," and Old Norse had "rauðr" for red, both of which were descendants of the Proto-Germanic *rauthaz. The modern English word "red" preserves this extensive etymological lineage, echoing a common ancestral linguistic heritage shared across various cultures and languages over time.
Basic facts about this digital color
The digital color HEX #FF0000, known as
"Red",
belongs to the
Red Color Family featuring
Full Saturation (Saturation Family) and
Light (Brightness Family).
HEX code #FF0000 represent the color in hexadecimal format by combining three values – the amounts of Red, Green and Blue (RGB).
Its RGB composition is 255, 0, 0 ( rgb(255, 0, 0) ), which breaks down into 100% of Red, 0% Green and 0% Blue.
For printing in non digital world, #FF0000 is represented in CMYK as
0 Cyan,
100 Magenta,
100 Yellow, and
0 Black (Key)
(C:0
M:100
Y:100
K:0).