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

Example Sentences

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 machine was started and up from the center of the Lake jumped Mars, red against the darkness.

From Astounding Stories, August, 1931 by Various

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

The sun represented yellow; the moon, white; Venus, green; Mars, red; Jupiter, blue; Saturn, black; Mercury, shaded colours.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.

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)