Red, rusty or ... ?

H   Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:52 pm GMT
Hi,

I wonder how the man in the street differentiates the colours: red like the Chinese flag and red like someone’s hair, when speaking about leather goods – bags, belts, shoes etc.
For example, I’ve got two pairs of boots, one is red (vermilion; crimson, scarlet), the other is kind of orange/rusty. My notion (maybe, erroneous) is that cowboy boots were usually this colour.

Thanks.
blackshoe   Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:24 am GMT
I doubt that very many authentic cowboy boots (back in the day) were bright red/crimson/scarlet.
H   Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:20 am GMT
I meant the latter, not the former.