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White Rabicano A horse coat pattern with white hairs at the tail and flanksNamed shade #E30B5D Raspberry A bright, vivid red named after the fruitNamed shade #915F6D Raspberry glacé A medium raspberry shade known from the Plochere Color SystemNamed shade #B3446C Raspberry rose A deep pinkish-red shade first named in 1950Named shade Red Realgar An orange-red arsenic sulfide mineral once used as a pigment and poisonPigment · 🇨🇳 China +5 #663399 rebeccapurple A deep purple web colour named in memory of Rebecca MeyerScreen colour Red Red红 / 紅 (hóng), Красный (Krasny) A colour linked with luck, love, courage and ceremony in cultures worldwideBasic colour · 🇨🇳 China +5 #FF0000 Red A primary colour seen in light, pigment, and tradition worldwideBasic colour · 🇺🇸 United States +5 Red Red 2G A synthetic red azo dye once used in food and inks, now banned in many countriesDye · 🇦🇺 Australia +4 Red Red hair A rare human hair colour ranging from deep burgundy to strawberry blondNamed shade · 🇮🇪 Ireland +3 #F2003C Red (Munsell) The most vivid red in the Munsell colour system's sRGB rangeStandard colour #C40233 Red (NCS) A standard red defined by the Natural Color SystemStandard colour #ED1C24 Red (pigment) The standard red mixed from magenta and yellow for printing on paperNamed shade Red Red pigment Pigments made from minerals, plants, and insects to create red colours in artPigment · 🇫🇷 France +4 #E40078 Red-purple A strong purplish colour known as a main purple tone in Spanish colour guidesNamed shade #C71585 Red-violet A strong colour found between red and magenta, often called purple in artNamed shade #C0448F Red-violet (Crayola) A reddish-purple shade used in Crayola crayons and traditional pigmentsNamed shade #A45A52 Redwood A reddish-brown shade named for the wood of the redwood treeNamed shade Red Red yeast rice红曲米 A vivid reddish purple rice coloured by a special mould, used in food and medicineColour named from nature · 🇨🇳 China +3 Green Reseda green A soft green named after the leaves of the reseda plantNamed shade #002387 Resolution blue A strong blue shade named for a bay in New ZealandNamed shade · 🇳🇿 New Zealand Yellow Riboflavin A yellow-orange vitamin used as a food colour and supplementPigment #004040 Rich black A deep black in print made by layering coloured inks under blackNamed shade Grey Roan A coat colour with white and coloured hairs mixed evenly across the bodyNamed shade #00CCCC Robin egg blue A blue-green shade named for the eggs of the American robinNamed shade · 🇨🇳 China #A91101 Rojo Spanish red A deep iron oxide red from a Spanish colour guideNamed shade #FF0080 Rose A bright colour halfway between red and magenta on the colour wheelNamed shade Pink and magenta Rose A bright pink colour used as a heraldic tincture in Canada since the late 1900sHeraldic colour Red Rose madder A red dye and pigment from the roots of a climbing plantDye · 🇮🇳 India +4 #E32636 Rose madder A traditional red pigment made from the roots of the madder plantPigment · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5 #ED7A9B Rose Pompadour A pinkish-purple shade created in 18th-century France for Madame de PompadourNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France +1 #D40000 Rosso corsa The deep red that marks Italian racing cars and teamsNational or team colour · 🇮🇹 Italy #002366 Royal blue A strong, deep blue linked with royalty and national flagsNamed shade · 🇫🇷 France +4 #FADA5E Royal yellow A yellow shade linked to the robes of Chinese emperorsNamed shade · 🇨🇳 China Red Rubia A group of plants whose roots once dyed cloth and paint a lasting redColour named from nature · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5 #E0115F Ruby A vivid red shade named for the polished ruby gemstoneNamed shade #A81C07 Rufous A reddish-brown colour named from Latin and seen in animal namesNamed shade White Rügen chalkRügener Kreide A soft, white chalk from the cliffs of Rügen, GermanyColour named from nature · 🇩🇪 Germany #80461B Russet A dark brown with a reddish-orange tinge, once the colour of coarse English clothNamed shade #B7410E Rust A deep reddish-orange named after the colour of oxidised ironNamed shade

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