Chestnut (color) color called "chestnut" in Crayola crayons. This colour was also produced in a special limited edition in which it was called Vermont maple syrup. At the request of educators worried that children (mistakenly) believed the name represented the skin colour of Native Americans, Crayola changed the name of their crayon colour "Indian Red", originally formulated in 1958, to "Chestnut" in 1999. In reality, the colour Indian red has nothing to do with American Indians but is an iron oxide pigment the use of which is popular in India. Chestnut (color) Chestnut is a colour, a medium reddish shade of brown
Indian red (color) Diderot in 1765, alternate names for Indian red included "what one also calls, however improperly, English Red." The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) – Color Sample of English Red (color sample #15). At right is displayed the color kobe. The color "kobe" is a dark tone of Indian red, made like Indian red from iron oxide pigment. The first recorded use of "Kobe" as a color name in English was in 1924. Indian red (color) Indian red is a pigment composed of naturally occurring iron oxides that is widely used in India. Other shades