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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Indian rednoun

    a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics

  2. Indian rednoun

    a red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment

  3. Indian rednoun

    a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians

Wiktionary

  1. Indian rednoun

    Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods.

  2. Indian rednoun

    The colour of Indian red pigment: a variety of dark, purplish reds.

  3. Indian redadjective

    Having the colour of Indian red pigment.

  4. Etymology: 1672 pigment, c. 1810–27 colour and adjective. Indian + red, the pigment originally being an earth obtained from the East Indies.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Indian Rednoun

    A kind of mineral earth.

    Indian red, so called by the painters, is a species of ochre; and is a very fine purple earth, of firm compact texture, and great weight: while in the stratum it is of a pure blood colour, and almost of a stony hardness: when dry it is of a fine glowing red, of a rough dusty surface, and, when broken, full of white particles, large, solid, bright, and glittering. It is also called Persian earth, and is dug in the island of Ormuz in the Persian gulph, and also at Bombay. John Hill, on Fossils.

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  1. indian red

    Indian Red is a rich, earthy, reddish-brown pigment derived from naturally occurring iron oxides. It was traditionally made by grinding a mineral known as hematite. It is also a term used in the coloring, paint, and cosmetic industries to describe a specific shade. In digital and web design, Indian Red is a defined color with the hex code #CD5C5C.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of indian red in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of indian red in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of indian red in a Sentence

  1. Bob Ross:

    Lets add some Indian Red


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