Red
a color resembling that of arterial blood; the color of that part of the solar spectrum which is farthest from violet; one of the three primary colors. Also a pigment. The most useful red pigments are carmine, vermilion (sulphuret of mercury), chrome-red, scarlet-lake (biniodide of mercury), madder-lake, light red, burnt sienna; these are yellow reds. Venetian red, Indian red (carbonate of oxide of iron), and crimson-lake are blue reds.
RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY (Vanessa Atalanta), the popular name of a common butterfly. The anterior wings are marked by a broad red band, outside of which are six white markings, while a bluish streak follows the wing margin. The posterior wings are bordered with red, dotted with black spots, and have two bluish markings on the inner angles.