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In order to produce exact colors the color red needs to be defined in terms of an absolute color space such as sRGB.

 

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As used in computer monitors and television screens, red is very variable, but some systems may apply color correction (so that a standardized "red" is produced that is not in fact full intensity of only the red colorant).

 

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A red filter used in black and white photography increases contrast in most scenes.

 

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For example, combined with a polarizer, it can turn the sky black.

 

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Films simulating the effects of infrared film (such as Ilford's SFX 200) do so by being much more sensitive to red than to other colors.

 

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Red illumination was (and sometimes still is) used as a "safelight" while working in a darkroom, as it does not expose most photographic paper and some films.

 

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Though many more modern darkrooms use an amber safelight, red illumination is closely associated with the darkroom in the public mind.

 

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In astronomy, stars of stellar class M (the stars with the coolest temperature) are classified as red stars.

 

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Mars is called the Red Planet because of the reddish color imparted to its surface by the abundant iron oxide present there.

 

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Astronomical objects which are moving away from the observer exhibit a red shift.

 

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Jupiter's surface displays a Great Red Spot, a football-shaped area south of the planet's equator.