Chestnut (color)

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Chestnut
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#CD5C5C
B	(r, g, b)	(205, 92, 92)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(0°, 55%, 80%)
Source		X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Indian red also known as chestnut, is a medium brownish shade of red. It is named after the red laterite soil found in India. It is thus an earth tone as well as a red. It is composed of naturally occurring iron oxides.

Indian red is not named after Native Americans. However, because of the possible confusion, Crayola changed their crayon color Indian Red to Chestnut.

Other shades of iron oxides include Venetian Red and English Red.

The name Chestnut derives from the color of the skin of a newly released fruit, the "conker", of the common Horse chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum.

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List of colors

v • d • e Shades of red
Alizarin	Amaranth	Burgundy	Cardinal	Carmine	Cerise	Chestnut	Coral red	Crimson	Dark pink
Falu red	Fire engine red	Fuchsia	Magenta	Maroon	Mauve taupe	Orange-red	Persian red	Pink	Persimmon
Red	Red-violet	Rose	Rose madder	Ruby	Rust	Puce	Sangria	Scarlet	Terra cotta
Venetian red	Vermilion