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Scarlet (color)

Scarlet (from the Persian

Persian language

Red

Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 625?740 Nanometer....
color

Color

Color or colour is the visual perception property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, blue and others....
with a hue that is somewhat toward the orange

Orange (colour)

The color orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible Optical spectrum at a wavelength of about 585 ? 620 nanometre, and has a hue of 30? in HSV colour space....
. It is a pure chroma

Chrominance

Chrominance , is the signal used in video systems to convey the color information of the picture, separately from the accompanying luma signal....
on the color wheel

Color wheel

A color wheel or color circle is an organization of color hues around a circle, showing relationships between colors considered to be primary colors, secondary colors, complementary colors, etc....
. It is redder than vermilion

Vermilion

Vermilion, sometimes spelled vermillion, when found naturally occurring, is an opaque Orange ish red pigment, used since antiquity, originally derived from the powdered mineral cinnabar....
. Traditionally, scarlet is the color of flame

Flame

A flame is the visible part of a fire. It is caused by a highly exothermic reaction taking place in a thin zone. If a fire is hot enough to ionize the gaseous components, it can become a Plasma ....
. It may also refer to the color of the blood

Blood

Blood is a specialized bodily fluid that delivers necessary substances to the body's Cell s ? such as nutrients and oxygen ? and transports waste products away from those same cells....
of a living person.

The first recorded use of scarlet as a color name in the English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
was in 1250.

color torch red is displayed at right.

This is the color called scarlet in Crayola

Crayola

Crayola is a brand of marking utensils, such as markers, chalk, crayons, and colored pencils manufactured by Crayola LLC . The Crayola company was one of the first to make its crayons, chalk, markers, and colored pencils as well as other writing utensils and artistry tools non-toxic....
crayon

Crayon

A crayon is a stick of colored wax, charcoal, chalk, or other materials used for writing and drawing. A crayon made of oiled chalk is called an oil pastel; when made of pigment with a dry binder, it is simply a pastel....
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Scarlet (from the Persian

Persian language

Red

Color

Color or colour is the visual perception property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, blue and others....
with a hue that is somewhat toward the orange

Orange (colour)

The color orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible Optical spectrum at a wavelength of about 585 ? 620 nanometre, and has a hue of 30? in HSV colour space....
. It is a pure chroma

Chrominance

Chrominance , is the signal used in video systems to convey the color information of the picture, separately from the accompanying luma signal....
on the color wheel

Color wheel

Vermilion

Flame

Blood

English language

Torch red

The color torch red is displayed at right.

This is the color called scarlet in Crayola

Crayola

Crayon

Fire brick

Displayed at right is the web color fire brick, a deep shade of scarlet/red.

Dark scarlet

The color dark scarlet is displayed at right.

Scarlet in human culture

Academic regalia

Scarlet is the color worn in traditional academic regalia in the United Kingdom for those awarded doctorate
Doctorate

A doctorate is an academic degree that in most countries represents the highest level of formal study or research in a given field. In some countries it also refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to practice in a specific profession ....
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In academic dress in the USA, scarlet is used for hood bindings (that is, borders) and, depending on the university or school, other parts of the dress (velvet chevrons, facings, etc.) to denote a degree in some form or branch of Theology (e.g., Sacred Theology, Canon Law, Divinity, Ministry)

Board Games

Miss Scarlet is a character in the board game Cluedo
Cluedo

Cluedo is a mystery crime fiction board game originally published by Waddingtons in Leeds, United Kingdom in 1949. It was devised by Anthony E....
(U.S.: Clue), originally by Waddington Games.

Chemistry

Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions....

The emission spectra for compounds
Chemical compound

A chemical compound is a Chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemical element Chemical bond together in a fixed mass ratio that can be split into simpler substances....
of strontium
Strontium

Strontium is a chemical element with the symbol Sr and the atomic number 38. An alkaline earth metal, strontium is a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element that is highly reactive chemically....
are considered to be in the scarlet red area of the visible light spectrum
Spectrum

A spectrum is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary infinitely within a Continuum . The word saw its first scientific use within the field of optics to describe the rainbow of colors in visible light when separated using a triangular prism ; it has since been applied by analogy to many fields other than op...
. The emission lines occur at 640.8 nm
Nanometre

A nanometre is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one billionth of a metre .It is one of the more often used units for very small lengths, and equals ten ?ngstr?m, an internationally recognized non-International System of Units of length....
, 650.4 nm, 687.8 nm and 707.0 nm.

Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....

The book The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a classic play and adventure novel by Emma Orczy, set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution....
by The Baroness Orczy
Baroness Orczy

Baroness Emma Orczy was a United Kingdom novelist, playwright and artist of Hungary noble origin. She was most notable for her series of novels featuring the The Scarlet Pimpernel....
The novel The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter is a novel written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is considered his magnum opus. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity....
by 19th century US writer Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer.Nathaniel Hathorne was born in 1804 in the city of Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hathorne and Elizabeth Clarke Manning Hathorne....
depicts the life of the fictional character
Fictional character

A character is any person, persona, identity, or entity that exists in a The arts. The process of conveying information about characters in fiction is called characterisation....
Hester Prynne, who wears a prominent scarlet letter "A
A

The letter A is the first letter in the Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is a ; the plural is aes or, more commonly, a's....
" on her chest to symbolize the sin
Sin

Sin is a term used mainly in a religion context to describe an act that violates a morality rule, or the state of having committed such a violation....
of adultery
Adultery

Adultery is the voluntary sexual intercourse between a marriage and another person who is not his or her spouse, though in many places it is only considered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someone who is not her husband and in others it is only considered adultery when a married woman has sexual relations with someon...
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A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet is a detective Mystery fiction novel written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887....
is the first Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scotland-born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle....
novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, Deputy Lieutenant was a Scotland author most noted for his stories about the Detective fiction Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger....
, published in 1888.
Scarlett O'Hara
Scarlett O'Hara

Scarlett O'Hara is the protagonist in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind and in the later Gone with the Wind . She also is the main character in the 1970 musical Scarlett and the 1991 book Scarlett , a sequel to Gone with the Wind that was written by Alexandra Ripley and adapted for a television mini-series in...
is the chief protagonist
Protagonist

A protagonist is the main Character of a drama or Narrative. The word "protagonist" derives from the Greek language p??ta????st?? , "one who plays the first part, chief actor." In the theatre of Ancient Greece, three actors played all of the main dramatic roles in a tragedy; the leading role was played by the protagonist, while the othe...
of Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell Marsh , popularly known as Margaret Mitchell, was an United States of America author, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her novel Gone with the Wind....
's epic American Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
novel Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind is a romantic drama and the only novel by Margaret Mitchell. The story follows Scarlett O'Hara, the daughter of a plantation owner in Georgia during and after the Civil War....
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The Scarlet Ibis
The Scarlet Ibis

For the bird, see Scarlet Ibis."The Scarlet Ibis" is a tragedy short story written by novelist James Hurst. It was first published in The Atlantic Monthly in July 1960 and has since appeared in multiple high-school literature textbooks since the late 1960s....
, a tragic short story written by novelist James Hurst
James Hurst

James Hurst is a short story writer, best known for "The Scarlet Ibis".Hurst grew up in North Carolina on a coastal farm, the present site of US Marine Corps....
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Medicine

Medicine is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....

There is a disease
Disease

A disease or medical condition is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions, associated with specific symptoms and Medical signs....
known as scarlet fever
Scarlet fever

Scarlet fever is a disease caused by an exotoxin released by Streptococcus pyogenes. The term Scarlatina may be used interchangeably with Scarlet Fever, though it is commonly used to indicate the less acute form of Scarlet Fever that is often seen since the beginning of the twentieth century....
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Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....

The majority of British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
soldiers wore scarlet tunic
Tunic

A tunic is any of several types of clothing for the body, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the shoulders to somewhere between the hips and the ankles....
s as part of their full dress uniform
Military uniform

Military uniforms comprises standardised dress worn by members of the armed forces and Paramilitary of various nations. Military dress and military styles have gone through great changes over the centuries from colourful and elaborate to extremely utilitarian....
until 1914 (hence the term "Redcoats"). Some regiment
Regiment

A regiment is a military unit, composed of variable numbers of battalions, commanded by a Colonel. Depending on the nation, military branch, mission, and organization, a modern regiment resembles a brigade, in that both range in size from a few hundred to 5,000 soldiers ....
s and corps
Corps

A Corps is either a large formation , or an administrative grouping of troops within an armed force with a common function such as Artillery or Signals representing an arm of service....
in both Britain
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
and the Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations, also known as the Commonwealth or the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states....
armies still wear them in full ceremonial dress and/or mess dress
Mess dress

Mess dress is the military term for the formal evening dress worn in the mess or at other formal occasions. It is also known as mess uniform and mess kit....
.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is the federal police, national police, and paramilitary police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world....
(RCMP) wear a scarlet jacket as part of their full ceremonial dress uniform.
Scarlet is the color of the beret
Beret

A beret is a soft round cap, usually of wool felt, with a flat crown, which is worn by both men and women and traditionally associated with France....
given to United States Air Force
United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Military of the United States and one of the uniformed services of the United States....
Combat Controllers, after completion of Combat Control School at Pope Air Force Base
Pope Air Force Base

Pope Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located 12 miles northwest of the central business district of Fayetteville, North Carolina, in Cumberland County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....
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Scarlet is the branch color of the United States Army Field Artillery Corps
United States Army Field Artillery Corps

The Field Artillery branch was founded on November 17, 1775 by the Continental Congress, which unanimously elected Henry Knox "Colonel of the Regiment of Artillery"....
. The colors of the U.S. Marine Corps are scarlet and gold
Gold (color)

Gold, also called golden, is an orange -yellow color which is a representation of the color of the chemical element gold. Metallic gold, such as in paint, is often called goldtone or gold-tone....
.
World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
ace
Ace

The word "ace" comes from the Old French word 'as' meaning 'a unit', from the name of a small Ancient Rome coin. It originally meant the side of a dice with only one mark, before it was a term for a playing card....
, Manfred Von Richthofen
Manfred von Richthofen

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen was a German fighter pilot known as the "Red Baron". He was the most successful flying ace of World War I, being officially credited with 80 confirmed Aerial warfare victories....
(The Red Baron) painted his aircraft scarlet red, most notable, his Fokker Dr1 triplane.

Religion

A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....

In the Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
, scarlet robes - symbolizing the color of arterial blood - are worn by Cardinals
Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior Ecclesiology official, usually a Bishop , of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope....
as a symbol of their willingness to defend their faith "unto the shedding of (their own) blood."
In the Book of Revelation
Revelation

Revelation is the act of revealing or disclosing, or making something obvious and clearly understood through active or passive communication with the divinity....
, the scarlet beast and the great prostitute
Whore of Babylon

The Whore of Babylon is a Christianity allegory figures of evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible. The Whore is associated with the Antichrist and the Beast of Revelation by connection with an equally allegorical kingdom....
dressed in purple
Purple

Purple is a general term for the range of shades of color occurring between red and blue. It occurs by mixing the primary colors red and blue in varying proportions, with possibly a very small quantity of the third primary color ....
and scarlet - as a symbol of royalty
Royal family

A royal family is the extended family of a king or queen regnant. The term "imperial family" more appropriately describes the extended family of an emperor or empress regnant, while the terms "ducal family", "grand ducal family" or "princely family" are more appropriate in reference to the relatives of a reigning duke, grand duke, or prince....
, luxury and position."
Babalon
Babalon

Babalon?also known as The Scarlet Woman, The Great Mother, or the Mother of Abominations?is a goddess found in the mystical system of Thelema, which was established in 1904 with Aleister Crowley's writing of The Book of the Law....
is sometimes referred to as the scarlet woman in the esoteric system of Thelema
Thelema

Thelema is a philosophy of life based on the rule or law, "Do what thou wilt." The ideal of "Do what thou wilt" and its association with the word Thelema goes back to Fran?ois Rabelais, but was more fully developed and proselytized by Aleister Crowley, who founded a religion named Thelema based on this ideal....
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School colors

School colors are the colors chosen by a school to represent it on school uniform and other items of identification. Most schools have two colors, which are usually chosen to avoid conflicts with other schools with which the school competes in sports and other activities....

The official colors of Arcadia University
Arcadia University

Arcadia University is a private Liberal arts college university located in Glenside, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
are Scarlet and Grey.
The official colors of Arkansas State University
Arkansas State University

Arkansas State University is a public university and is the flagship campus of the Arkansas State University System, the state's second largest college system and fourth largest university by enrollment....
are Scarlet and Black.
The official colors of University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is a state university , co-education university located in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, known for its programs in History, Engineering, Environmental Studies, Hotel administration, Fine Arts, and Management Information Systems....
are Scarlet and Silver
Silver (color)

Silver is the metallic Tints and shades resembling gray, closest to that of polished silver.The visual sensation usually associated with the metal silver is its metallic shine....
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The official color of Rutgers University
Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the Colonial colleges in the United States....
is Scarlet.
The official colors of Boston University
Boston University

Boston University is a private nonsectarian university located in Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. Although chartered by the Massachusetts Legislature in 1869, Boston University traces its roots to the establishment of the Newbury Biblical Institute in Newbury, Vermont in 1839....
are Scarlet and White
White

White is a color, the Color vision#Physiology of color perception which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in near equal amount and with high brightness compared to the surroundings....
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The official colors of Christian Brothers University
Christian Brothers University

Christian Brothers University is the oldest collegiate degree-granting institution in the Memphis, Tennessee. The university is run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, the patron saint of teachers....
are Scarlet and Grey
Grey

Grey or gray describes the tints and shades ranging from black to white. These, including white and black, are known as achromatic colors or neutral colors....
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The official colors of The Ohio State University
Ohio State University

The Ohio State University is a public university research university in the state of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the List of largest United States universities by enrollment in the United States....
are Scarlet and Grey.
The official colors of San Diego State University
San Diego State University

San Diego State University , founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area , and is part of the California State University system....
are Scarlet and Black.
The official colors of Texas Tech University
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University is a public university, coeducational, research university in Lubbock, Texas. Established on February 10, 1923, and originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the Texas Tech University System and has the List of largest Texas universities by enrollment student body in the state of T...
are Scarlet and Black.
The official colors of University of Nebraska are Scarlet and Cream.
The official colors of Oberlin College
Oberlin College

Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio. It was founded in 1833 by Presbyterian ministers, and is home to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, making it the only top-ranked Liberal arts colleges in the United States with a top-ranked conservatory....
are Scarlet and Gold.
The official colors of University of Houston
University of Houston

The University of Houston is a public, coeducational, research university located in Houston. It is the flagship institution and the central administrative headquarters of the University of Houston System—a state system of higher education which governs four separate universities and two multi-institution teaching centers....
are Scarlet and Albino.
The official colors of St. Lawrence University
St. Lawrence University

St. Lawrence University is a private, four-year Liberal arts colleges in the United States located in the Canton , New York in Saint Lawrence County, New York....
are Scarlet and Brown.
The official colors of Hanover College
Hanover College

Hanover College is a coeducational liberal arts college, located in Hanover, Indiana, near the banks of the Ohio River. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church ....
are Scarlet and Royal Blue
Royal blue

Royal blue describes both a bright shade and a dark range of blue. It is said to have been invented by millers in Rode, Somerset, a consortium of which won a competition to make a dress for Queen Charlotte....
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Sound recording

The standard describing the Super Audio CD
Super Audio CD

Super Audio CD is a read-only optical disc audio storage format that can provide higher accuracy as well as surround sound compared to the Red Book ....
format is called Scarlet Book (because SACD can be considered a refinement of the original Audio CD
Red Book (audio CD standard)

Red Book is the standardization for audio Compact Disc . It is named after one of a set of Rainbow Books that contain the Specification for all CD and CD-ROM formats....
format described in the Red Book).

Sports

The official colors of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

Clube de Regatas do Flamengo is a Brazilian multisport club located in Rio de Janeiro.Despite not being the club's official name, Flamengo has become the term used by most to refer not just to the Football team, but also the entire sporting association....
the most popular football
Football

File:Football4.pngFootball is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a Goal ....
(USA soccer) team in Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
are Scarlet and Black
The main team color of Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
's St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the National League Central in the National League of Major League Baseball....
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The Ferrari
Ferrari

Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1928 as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles in 1947 as Ferrari Joint stock company....
F1 racing team color is scarlet.
The team color of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers (baseball)

The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball based in Arlington, Texas, representing the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex area. The Rangers are a member of the American League West of Major League Baseball's American League....
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The nickname of the Rutgers University
Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766 and is the Colonial colleges in the United States....
athletic teams is the "Scarlet Knights".
The Wales
Wales

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national rugby union
Rugby union

Rugby union is a competitive outdoor contact sport, played with an oval ball, by two teams of 15 players. It is one of the two main codes of rugby football, the other being rugby league....
team is known as the "Scarlet Dragons" due to the color of the Dragon
Y Ddraig Goch

File:Flag UK+Wales.svgThe Welsh Dragon appears on the national Flag of Wales , and is the most famous dragon in Britain....
upon the Welsh flag
Flag of Wales

File:Photo of Y Ddraig Goch.jpgFile:flagofwales.atr42.arp.750pix.jpgThe national flag of Wales is Y Ddraig Goch , consisting of a red European dragon Attitude #Passant on a green and white Field ....
The Welsh
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
region the LLanelli Scarlets are named after the color.

Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....

Captain Scarlet
Captain Scarlet

Captain Scarlet may refer to:* Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a 1960s marionette-based science-fiction TV series* Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet, a 2000s CGI remake of the 1960s series...
is the main character in the Gerry Anderson
Gerry Anderson

Gerry Anderson Member of the Order of the British Empire, born , is a United Kingdom producer, director and writer, famous for his futuristic television programmes, particularly those involving specially modified marionettes, a process called "Supermarionation"....
children's television production of the same name.

Theatre

Theatre is the branch of the performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one or more actor, isolated in time and/or Theater , present themselves to Audience." By this broad definition, theatre has existed since the dawn of man, as a result of human tendency for story telling....

The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)

The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical theater by composer Frank Wildhorn and lyricist Nan Knighton, based on the The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy....
is a Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
musical
Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece ? humor, pathos, love, anger ? as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole....
based on the book of the same name.

Scarlet (color)

Torch red

Fire brick

Dark scarlet

Scarlet in human culture

See also