Undoubtedly, the brightest, lasting and attractive color of all is red. Some avoid it, as they see it too impudent, bold, frank. Others, for the same reasons, are elevated to the cult, buying clothes in a similar scale and decorating their own homes as well. This tone is widespread among artists - it is found in modern reproductions and in the works of ancient masters. So let's look at what shades of red are and where they can be found.
The king of this color scheme is a scarlet tone. Ode to this shade is enclosed in painting, in poetry, and in modern fashion trends. Indeed, you must admit that only one work by Alexander Green, “Scarlet Sails,” which fully reveals to us all the beauty of this tone, and the painting of the same name by I. Mysov, serves as a clear illustration to it.
Shades of red are hard to imagine without crimson. It is in this shade that every autumn our nature wears, which is copied by artists and photographers fix in their pictures. This fading beauty can be seen in the paintings of naturalists Shishkin, Savrasov. It was described in poetry by A. Pushkin, M. Lermontov. It is also worth noting that the crimson (or crimson) shade is often present in the painting of expressionists. Such rich shades of red are characteristic of Van Gogh, Franz Kafka, Salvador Dali.
For a season now, the fashion trend is coral tone. At the same time, this shade has restraint and expressiveness, softness and the ability to attract attention to itself. Those girls who do not fit the scarlet tone of lipstick, most often use coral, and it is fair to say that it is suitable for both evening and daytime makeup.
Now consider what shades of red have something in common with lilac and even purple. Number one on the list will be a Bordeaux tone, whose name comes from the city of the same name in France, where wine is produced. There are countless paintings depicting burgundy flowers, ladies in the same dresses and the wines themselves.
Shades of red are also quite bright. We are all familiar with pink in all its overflows and varieties. Light, walking, or saturated, more like a burgundy, it is present both in the works of naturalists and among still-life paintings. Among the first to highlight is Aivazovsky - a master who did not tire of depicting the sea and sky in all its colors throughout his life. For this artist, the concepts of lightness and airiness of the landscape became key, so very often in his paintings the sky is filled with a pink sunset, which is reflected in the sea.
In conclusion, it is worth noting that shades of red can be completely different, both orange, with admixtures of yellow, and purple, with pink notes. Names for them are often invented based on the objects and phenomena in which they are associated. Modern painters and photographers do not tire of finding new tones in this range, which allow us to expand the range of fine art.