{{short description|Color considered to be a dark shade of red}} {{redirect|Sang de Boeuf|the pottery glaze|Sang de boeuf glaze|the wine|Calitor|the substance historically known as "bull's blood"|Realgar}} {{infobox color |title=Oxblood |hex=4A0000 |source=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eggradients.com/color/oxblood-color|title=Oxblood Color HEX Code #4A0000|website=Eggradients|access-date=July 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vocabadda.com/250-color-names-list/|title=250 Color Names List with Color Images and Code|website=Vocab Adda|access-date=July 14, 2020}}</ref> |isccname=Deep red}} [[File:Small vase MET SLP1692-1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Small 18th-century vase with sang de boeuf glaze]] '''Oxblood''' or '''ox-blood''' is a dark shade of maroon, and is one of the darkest shades of red. It resembles burgundy, but has less purple and more dark brown hues. The French term '''sang-de-bœuf''', or '''sang de bœuf''', with the same meaning (but also "ox blood") is used in various contexts in English,<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sang%20de%20boeuf Merriam-Webster], "sang de bœuf"</ref> but especially in pottery, where sang de boeuf glaze in the color is a classic ceramic glaze in Chinese ceramics.<ref>[http://gotheborg.com/glossary/langyaohong.shtml gothenborg.com "Langyao hong (Lang kiln red) also "oxblood" or sang de boef (fr.)"]</ref>
The name is often used in fashion, especially for shoes. The term oxblood can be used to describe a range of colors from red to reddish-purple to nearly black with red, brown and blue undertones.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?141666-Oxblood-%97-origins |title=Oxblood—origins? |website=Lespaulforum.com |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
==Origin == The first use of the term ''oxblood'' as a color name in the English language dates back to 1695–1705.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/oxblood |title=Oxblood | Define Oxblood at Dictionary.com |website=Dictionary.reference.com |date=2012-02-16 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> The name is derived from the color of the blood of an ox. The ox blood was used as a pigment to dye fabric, leather and paint. It is most commonly described as a dark red with purple and brown undertones. The blood would change from a bright red to a darker, oxidized, more brown-red as it aged.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.howstuffworks.com/question635.htm |title=Why are barns usually painted red? |date=14 May 2001 |publisher=HowStuffWorks |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
The color is used in fashion terms.<ref name="washingtonpost">{{cite web|last=Buerger |first=Megan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/oxblood-red-for-the-rest-of-us/2012/10/09/b9fa4440-0e48-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_story.html |title=Oxblood, red for the rest of us |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2012-10-10 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> It was popular and the name was used frequently in the 2012 Fall/Winter fashion season.<ref>Miller, Linda, [http://newsok.com/article/3717256 "Oxblood emerges as hot color for fall"], NewsOK, 9 October 2012</ref>
==In modern fashion== [[File:Unlaced Dr Martens Oxblood Made in England 1461 shoes.jpg|thumb|A pair of oxblood-colour Dr. Martens shoes]]
Oxblood is a relatively common color for leather shoes. It is sometimes called "cordovan" although this term more properly refers to a particular type of horse leather. During the Fall/Winter fashion seasons of 2012 and 2013, oxblood was one of the commonly used colors. Oxblood lipstick was popular, as well as oxblood-colored apparel and accessories.<ref>{{cite web|last=Weil |first=Hannah |url=http://www.fabsugar.com/Oxblood-Trend-Fall-2012-25170259 |title=Oxblood Trend | Fall 2012 | POPSUGAR Fashion |publisher=Fabsugar.com |date=2012-09-26 |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref> In an article on the oxblood trend, ''Lucky Magazine'' suggested that people are now "dismissing words like burgundy from their vocabularies", adding that the word "oxblood" might be more on-trend than the color itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luckymag.com/blogs/luckyrightnow/2012/12/Oxblood |title=Fashion: trends, outfit ideas, what to wear, fashion news and runway looks | Glamour |publisher=Luckymag.com |access-date=2017-02-23}}</ref>
==London Underground== [[File:Russell Square station.jpg|thumb|Russell Square station, Piccadilly line, with the oxblood tiles used on many London Underground station buildings.]] From 1903, the English architect Leslie Green used an industrial, solid, sang de boeuf glaze on the glazed architectural terra-cotta tiles for the exteriors of the stations of a large part of the London Underground system, which was then divided between a number of commercial companies. His employer, the Underground Electric Railways Company of London was building the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway, the Baker Street and Waterloo Railway and the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway, which are now respectively sections of the Piccadilly line, Bakerloo line and Northern line. The Leeds Fireclay Company made the tiles.<ref name=explore>{{cite web|url=http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/server.php?show=conInformationRecord.113|title=Green, Leslie|work=Exploring 20th Century London|publisher=Renaissance/Museums, Libraries and Archives Council|access-date=14 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206065953/http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/server.php?show=conInformationRecord.113|archive-date=6 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{commonscat}} {{shades of red}}
Category:Shades of red Category:Color