When I say red.

When I say red, what do you see? is it the color of a fire engine, CE2029? Is it the red of an apple? (Apples get their red color from anthocyanins), It’s a color of Christmas BB2528. Although there are hundreds of shades of red and every shade is assigned a name and a number, we see color in our mind’s eye not as a name or a number, but as an image tied to a memory.

Blood 880808, brick AA4A44, bright red EE4B2B, burgundy 800020, burnt umber 6E260E, sienna E97451, byzantium 702963, cadmium D22B2B, cardinal C41E3A, carmine D70040, cerise DE3163, cherry, D2042D, claret 811331, cordovan 814141, crimson DC143C, falu 7B1818, garnet 9A2A2A, mahogany C04000, maroon 800000, marsala 986868, mulberry 770737, oxblood,4A0404, persimmon EC5800, poppy E35335, puce A95C68, raspberry E30B5C, red FF0000, red ochre 913831, red-orange FF4433, russet 80461B, salmon FA8072, scarlet FF2400, tuscan red 7C3030, vermillion, E34234, wine 722F37 to name a few.

No two people see the same thing when I say red. Colors carry memories that tell stories. What story does your red tell?