how many shades of red are there?

Answer 1

as many that are reddy

Answer 2

How Many Shades Of Red

Answer 3

Technically scientists avoid using the word colour and prefer lightwave spectrum or similiar term.

According to traditional science there are infinite shades of red.

However according to many quantum theories you must have a smallest unit, a quanta or quantative measure. Therefore the amount of colors would be vast but finite.

Intresting to mention is the lower end and upper end of the visible spectrum (to humans) is percieved by our mind as red. This means that you could put two almost identical colours (both red) next to each other, and your eye would register them as being the same colour. Meanwhile their light properties are completly different. Note however this effect is almost negliable and does not often occur.

Answer 4

1. Scarlet - a shade of red that tends towards red-orange and has no hint of blue
2. Vermilion - a fiery shade of red that tends toward red-orange to a slightly greater degree than scarlet, prepared from cinnabar, the artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment
3. Pink - a very light, unsaturated red, traditionally the color of pinks
4. Maroon - a deep, dark, brownish (desaturated) red
5. Venetian Red (also known as India Red or Indian Red) - A shade of brownish red prepared from sulphate of iron.
6. Carmine - a dark, blue-tinged red traditionally the color of a dye made from the cochineal insect
7. Rose is a range of colors on the blue side of red
8. Damask specifically refers to the color of the Damask rose.
9. Crimson - a shade of red that has no hint of yellow and leans towards red-violet
10. Cardinal - a vivid red
11. Cerise - another dark blue-red
12. Peach is a range of colors on the yellow side of red and generally tending toward a light tint.
13. Burgundy - another dark, sometimes grayish violet-red
14. Rust
15. Alizarin
16. Falu Red
17. Mauve
18. Fuchsia
19. Puce
20. Sangria
and I'm sure there are probably many, many more

Answer 5

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 6

Go to homedepot.com and search their paint palette, you should be able to find at least 15 different shades of red on there. If all else fails and you are super bored and super dedicated to an absolute answer to your question, you can visit your local hardware store and count all the shades of red on their paint sample cards.

Answer 7

42

Answer 8

basically it depends on the intensity and concentration in the color spectrum you wish to create so you may go from brilliant and bright to dull and almost faded.
....and for that you need 2 combinations of light &/ dark hues to get the shade of red you have in mind.

Answer 9

Technically, limitless, because every time you change it, even a smidgen, it is different from the previous shade.

Answer 10

Technically there are infinite shades of all colours.

Answer 11

As many as u can mix 4 ur self