In literature, “English red” is frequently invoked as a distinctive hue, appearing both in technical descriptions of pigments and in more evocative, decorative contexts. For instance, early works present it as a refined color—sometimes equated with chrome red or even Venetian red—to guide artists and craftsmen in their work ([1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]). The color is also celebrated in descriptive passages, lending its vibrant character to objects ranging from ceramics and leather goods to chalk and ornamental ware, as seen in references to “old English red morocco” and redware with marbled slip decoration ([8], [9], [10], [11], [12]). In some texts, “English red” even designates a flag or emblematic standard, underscoring its role as a cultural symbol of identity and pride ([1], [13], [14], [15]).
- English red.
— from Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
- Red. —English red or chrome red.
— from Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes
- Brilliancy may be also imparted by means of a piece of buff glued on a wooden wheel and smeared with English red stuff.
— from Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes
- Wash, dry, and polish with English red.
— from Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes
- Then comes the fine emery paper Nos. 00 or 000, rotten-stone, tripoli, English red, and, finally, slate.
— from A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne
- XVIII.—Brown.—English red, 10 parts, by weight;
— from Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas, Recipes and Processes
- VENETIAN RED, Less known as English Red , Prussian Red , and Scarlet Ochre .
— from Field's Chromatography
or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
- Small 8vo, old English red morocco, gilt back, thistle border on the sides, gilt edges.
— from A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700, Vol. 2
Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe
- English redware with marbled slip decoration, 1625-50 period or earlier, unearthed at Jamestown.
— from New Discoveries at Jamestown
Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by John L. Cotter
- for the years 1835 and 1836), will be found some account of the English Red Chalk.
— from On the Red Chalk of England by Thomas Wiltshire
- English Red, 149 .
— from Field's Chromatography
or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
- English Redware with Marbled Slip Decoration.
— from New Discoveries at Jamestown
Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by John L. Cotter
- A minute later, the American colours, which we had brought in the boat, replaced the English red, and PQH was fluttering at the fore.
— from The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson
- English red .
— from Opuscula: Essays chiefly Philological and Ethnographical by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
- By your Grace's leave Your royal mother came of Spain, but took To the English red and white.
— from Queen Mary; and, Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron