Color RED - Poinsettia

The red color moves from a hot, permanent red-orange to a magenta with shades of permanent rose and quinacridone violet in between.  What a range of emotions this color includes: excitement, love, and passion to solitude, melancholy and suffering. 

In landscapes reds are used in bright, fiery sunsets as well as twilight and dusk.  Red also represents Christmas and Valentine's Day.

Using a good reference, this flower was painted with a variety of red, orange, and violet colors.  The contrasting color of green is used to make the red brighter and more dynamic. The color RED is very powerful and can take over the mood of a painting.  I use it more for highlights and color variety in a landscape painting.