Mars red

American  

noun

1. a deep red-orange color.

2. a red pigment used in painting, artificially made from an iron oxide base and characterized by strong film-forming properties and permanence.

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Etymology

Origin of Mars red

First recorded in 1890–95

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Mars red

Among permanent reds, rank cadmium red, madder reds, Mars red, the ochres, and vermilions.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

I glanced from that to Mars, red and clear, glowing high in the west, and then gazed long and earnestly at the darkness of Hampstead and Highgate.

From The War of the Worlds by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

They were formerly introduced by the author, and have been received under the names of Mars yellow, Mars orange, Mars red, Mars violet, and Mars brown.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

Why is the sky blue and Mars red?

From Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. by Stanton, Ellis

The Babylonians coloured the seven planets as follows: the moon, silvern; the sun, golden; Mars, red; Saturn, black; Jupiter, orange; Venus, yellow; and Mercury, blue.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander