How many different shades of the color red exsist!?

Question

I want you to be shure and look it up I want a scientific answer!

Answer 1

It depends on the context. If you are talking about color on a computer then the color context is most likely RGB. RGB is an additive color model that is capable of representing a large percentage of the visible color spectrum by mixing three colors of light: R, red; G, green; and B, Blue.The percentage values assigned for each of these measure from 0 to 255. So if you include the 0 value for each of these, that means each has a total value of 256. By multiplying 256 by 256 by 256, the RGB model, then is cabable of approx. 16.7 million colors. It is from that objective total then, that you are able to derive a pretty substantial pool of red. However, this is where the waters get murky, because what may seem to be red for one person could be considered "burnt sienna" or "bright clay" or whatever for another. It really becomes subjective and basically impossible to assign an absolute number.

Answer 2

There are an infinite number of shades of the color red, or any other color for that matter. Though artistically there are 3 shades of red: maroon, pink, and raspberry, though these 3 can be combined in an infinite number of ways to make different shades that are also affected by what colors are surrounding them. As far as I can tell, there is no research that indicates an exact number of colors that a person can see, or if they have all even been discovered yet, but there are a lot.

Answer 3

It seems like there could be up to 255 shades of red.

Color science talks about colors in the range 0.0 (minimum) to 1.0 (maximum). Most color formulae take these values. For instance, full intensity red is 1.0, 0.0, 0.0.
The color values may be written as percentages, from 0% (minimum) to 100% (maximum). To convert from the range 0.0 to 1.0, just multiply by 100. Full intensity red is 100%, 0%, 0%.
The color values may be written as numbers in the range 0 to 255, simply by multiplying the range 0.0 to 1.0 by 255. This is commonly found in computer science, where programmers have found it convenient to store each color value in one 8-bit byte. This convention has become so widespread that many writers now consider the range 0 to 255 authoritative and do not give a context for their values. Full intensity red is 255,0,0. [...] Full-range RGB can represent up to two hundred and fifty-five shades of a given hue. (Only pure reds, greens, blues or greys have this full range of shades.)



Here are some examples:

Red
A
Alizarin
B
Burgundy (color)
Burnt sienna
C
Cardinal (color)
Chestnut (color)
Crimson
F
Falu red
F cont.
Fire engine red
Fuchsia (color)
G
Gules
M
Magenta
Maroon (color)
Mauve
Mordant red 19
P
Persian red
Puce
R
Red-violet
R cont.
Rose (color)
Rosso corsa
Rust (color)
S
Sangria (color)
Scarlet (color)
T
Terra cotta
V
Venetian red
Vermilion
{
Cerise (color)
Carmine (color)

Answer 4

Color is controlled by the wavelength of light reflected from a given surface. There is no set increments in wavelengths therefore the number of possible shades is infinite. It is like asking how many possible speeds there are between zero and one hundred miles per hour.

Answer 5

I would say there is an unlimited array of shades of red. So many reds that can be created by various amounts of different other colors being added.

Answer 6

it does not matter how many shades of a color exists, the thing that matters is how many you have seen, because to a man without eyes no shade of any color exists.

Answer 7

Obviously, infinite.

Answer 8

Alot.

Answer 9

http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/history/chronology.cfm

Answer 10

To a dog....none