Red in Chinese rugs

Various shades of red are more difficult to define than any of the other colors employed by Chinese weavers.

From whatever natural product they are obtained, they are of entirely dif­ferent nature from the reds of any other country. Names that have been so often used as finally to seem of value and import­ance in classifying Chinese reds are pome­granate, persimmon, apricot, peach and fire color.

The blood red found in old Samar-cands and rugs of Turkestan and Tibet, never appears in the wool rugs of China, though occasionally a vivid ruby red is found in Chinese silk fabrics. Antique Chinese fruit reds are heavy with yellow and are utterly lacking in cerise and rose tints.