red pigment
Vermilion coloring agent
Red pigment is a substance that imparts red color to paints, dyes, inks, or other materials.
Red pigments range from natural sources like iron oxide and cochineal to synthetic compounds like cadmium red: The artist ground her own red pigment from cinnabar.
The term appears in art, manufacturing, and biology, where it describes color-producing molecules in skin or feathers.
- madderMore irate
- cinnabarRed mercuric sulfide ore
- carmineDeep red from insects
- alizarinSynthetic red dye compound
- cochinealInsect-sourced red colorant
annatto · dragon's blood · hematite · brazilwood · vermilion · lycopene · safflower · ochre · burnt sienna · rouge · lipstick · hemoglobin · artist · tint · crimson · iron oxide · berry · stain
color temperature
red pigmentblue pigment
Coloring agent, cool-toned
green pigment · viridian · ultramarine · cobalt blue · Prussian blue