Scarlet

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Scarlet is a slightly orangish red colour. It is a colour of the rainbow. It is redder than vermilion. The colour's name comes from the Persian saqirlat or Latin astacus which mean "crayfish".

Traditionally, scarlet is the colour of flame. People also call the colour of the blood of a living person scarlet.

The emission spectra for (light given off by) compounds of strontium are scarlet red. The emission lines occur at 640.8 nm, 650.4 nm, 687.8 nm and 707.0 nm.

[change] Scarlet in Human Culture

Academic Regalia

Scarlet is the colour worn in traditional academic regalia for those awarded doctorates.

Astronomy

Stars on the main sequence intermediate between spectral classes M and K would look scarlet to human eyes.

Board Games

Miss Scarlet is a character in the board game Cluedo (US: Clue) originally by Waddington Games.

Computer Games

The Scarlet Crusade is a fictional group of religious zealots from the Warcraft universe.

Literature

The novel The Scarlet Letter by 19^th century American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the life of fictional character Hester Prynne, who wears a prominent scarlet letter "A" in front of her to symbolise the sin of adultery.
A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1888.
Scarlett O'Hara is the chief protagonist of Margaret Mitchell's epic American Civil War novel Gone with the Wind.

Military

The majority of British Army soldiers wore scarlet tunics as part of their full dress uniform until 1914 (hence the term "Redcoats"). Some regiments and corps in both Britain and the Commonwealth armies still wear them in full ceremonial dress and/or mess dress.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police wear a scarlet jacket as part of their full ceremonial dress uniform.
Scarlet is the colour of the beret given to United States Air Force Combat Controllers, after completion of Combat Control School at Pope Air Force Base.
Scarlet is the branch colour of the United States Army Field Artillery Corps.

Music

Scarlet was a UK rock band of the mid 1990s.

Religion

In the Roman Catholic Church, scarlet robes are worn by Cardinals as a symbol of their willingness to die for their faith.
Roman Catholic bishops and archbishops wear robes and skullcaps trimmed in amaranth, or wholly amaranth.

School Colours

The official colours of Boston University are Scarlet and White.
The official colours of Christian Brothers University are Scarlet and Grey.
The official colours of The Ohio State University are Scarlet and Grey.

Sports

The Ferrari F1 racing team colour is scarlet.
The nickname of the Rutgers University athletic teams is the Scarlet Knights.

Television

Captain Scarlet is the main character in the Gerry Anderson children's television production of the same name.

Video Games

Scarlet is the name of one of the Shinra executives from Final Fantasy 7.
The Scarlet Crusade is the name of a human group in Warcraft lore, which does battle against the Scourge.

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