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Seeing Red!

Some of the most used and eye-catching emojis are vibrant shades of red. Artists are also drawn to the dazzling color and often include it to draw attention to fine details.

Landscape – Fruit and Flowers, Frances Flora Bond Palmer American, born England, Hand-colored lithograph
Landscape – Fruit and Flowers
Frances Flora Bond Palmer
Currier & Ives
1862
Valentine - Mechanical - Heart opens to reveal Cupid, Anonymous, British or American, 19th century British or American, Heavy die-cut card stock, chromolithography, brass grommet
Valentine - Mechanical - Heart opens to reveal Cupid
Anonymous, British or American, 19th century
Ernest Nister
ca. 1875
Cocktail ensemble, Mainbocher French and American, silk, American
Cocktail ensemble
Mainbocher
ca. 1955
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Assyrian and Anatolian styles, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.17a: loan of silver, Clay, Old Assyrian Trading Colony
Cuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Assyrian and Anatolian styles, for cuneiform tablet 66.245.17a: loan of silver
Old Assyrian Trading Colony
ca. 20th–19th century BCE
Portrait of a German Officer, Marsden Hartley American, Oil on canvas
Portrait of a German Officer
Marsden Hartley
1914
A Big Apple, Jorge Eduardo Brazilian, Acrylic on Masonite
A Big Apple
Jorge Eduardo
1990
Vase, Rose quartz, China
Vase
China
18th century
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale, Fresco, Roman
Wall painting from Room H of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale
Roman
ca. 50–40 BCE
Head of Medusa, Benedetto Pistrucci Italian, Red jasper mounted in gold with white enamel, Italian, executed in England (London)
Head of Medusa
Benedetto Pistrucci
Carlo Giuliano
cameo 1840–50, mount ca. 1860
Girl in a Red Dress, Charles Henry Alston American, Oil on canvas
Girl in a Red Dress
Charles Henry Alston
1934
Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses, Paul Cézanne French, Oil on canvas
Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses
Paul Cézanne
ca. 1890
A Rose, Thomas Anshutz American, Oil on canvas, American
A Rose
Thomas Anshutz
1907
Shirt, Camelid fiber, cotton, Chimú
Shirt
Chimú
1450–1550
Emma Van Name, Joshua Johnson American, Oil on canvasPainting
Emma Van Name
Joshua Johnson
ca. 1805
"Lady Bloom", Noritaka Tatehana Japanese, leather, metal, Japanese
"Lady Bloom"
Noritaka Tatehana
2013