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Definition of Indian red
1. Noun. A red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics.
2. Noun. A red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment.
3. Noun. A reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians.
Definition of Indian red
1. Noun. Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods. ¹
2. Noun. The colour of Indian red pigment: a variety of dark, purplish reds. ¹
3. Adjective. Having the colour of Indian red pigment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indian Red
Literary usage of Indian red
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (1866)
"... also of a red colour, which consists chiefly of peroxide of iron. The well-
known pigment Indian red is made from these substances. Indian Rubber. ..."
2. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"These ochres are sold as Indian red, light red, Venetian red, etc. Iron reds are
now being prepared in large quantities, chiefly as by-products from other ..."
3. The Corrosion and Preservation of Iron and Steel by Allerton Seward Cushman, Henry Alfred Gardner (1910)
"Indian red. — Natural hematite ores and Persian Gulf ores are pigments of great
value, and when of the proper shade are termed Indian red. ..."
4. A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap, Frank William Bayley, Charles Eliot Goodspeed (1918)
"Indian red 6. No. 5 and white 12. Black and Indian red 2. Add white 7. More white
13. ... Brown ocher and Indian red 10. More white 16. More white 11. ..."
5. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... he has a huge, shining, bald forehead, and immense bristling, Indian-red whiskers.
He wears white wash-leather gloves, drinks fairly, likes a rubber, ..."
6. The Artizans' Guide and Everybody's Assistant: Containing Over Three by Richard Moore (1873)
"White and Indian red (powerful color). White and rose madder. White and lake.
... Indian red, raw umber, and black. Strong Glazing Cola —Light red and lake. ..."
7. The Chemistry of Paints and Painting by Arthur Herbert Church (1890)
"Indian red is a variety of red ochre, or red haematite, containing about 95 per
cent. ... Most of the Indian red imported from India is a natural product, ..."
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