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Red, Color As Found Art

Detail Of Door
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Halfway down an alley behind Chinatown was a door that someone had painted red.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Just off Chinatown, San Francisco   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 10:50:34 Sunday 11 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Street_9857T
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Red Leafs On A Shrub
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The walk along the Charco Verde Nature Trail passed many colorful objects and natural flora. Here was a bush whose leaves were a uniformly red color.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Charco Verde Hotel, Restaurant, Nature Trail, and Green Lagoon   •  Ometepe Island, Lake Nicaragua, Nicaragua   •  (Photo taken 09:24:55 Saturday 19 November 2011)   •  (Photo posted Sunday 9 February 2012)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_1818
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Red Fabric
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One of the booths of the Aloha Festival on the Presidio Grounds displayed fabric prints and wrap-skirts. Here was one sample with a red sea turtle on red cloth.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  The Aloha Festival 2008   •  Presidio Grounds, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Saturday 27 November 2010)   •  (Photo taken 12:41:54 Saturday 2 August 2008)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Festival_0743TNT
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Fireworks
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Fog obscured the fireworks that night. Here a red display lit the sky from behind.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  San Francisco Bay   •  (Photo posted Saturday 27 November 2010)   •  (Photo taken 17:35:02 Friday 4 July 2008)   •  © 2010 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Fog_0998BCX
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Brick Wall
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An old brick wall in an alley of downtown Sacramento had been partly painted red.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Sacramento, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 10:50:54 Sunday 20 January 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Bricks_9675B
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Train Connector
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An old steam train had an unusual connector on its back. The red socket appeared to require a pin to be pulled and replaced to attach a car.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  California Railroad Museum   •  Sacramento, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 15:36:38 Saturday 19 January 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Museum_9605B
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Old Sleeping Car Curtains
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Restored old rail cars were on display in the California Railroad Museum. One was an old sleeper car. Here its red curtains were softly lit from outside.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  California Railroad Museum   •  Sacramento, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 12:14:14 Saturday 19 January 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #Museum_9477B
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Red Leafy Tree
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Normally, one does not consider Los Angeles as a symbol of autumn. But that day, a red fall tree displayed its leaves.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Los Angeles, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 11:54:28 Sunday 18 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #LA_8064B
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Pigeon
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A lone pigeon guarded the red back door of a restaurant in Chinatown.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Chinatown, San Francisco   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 13:09:52 Sunday 11 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_7542B
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Polka Dot Purse
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A red purse with tiny black polka dots was on display in a shop window of Upper Grant Street.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Grant Avenue, San Francisco   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 12:02:12 Sunday 11 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF__7523B
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Dragon On Red Lantern
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A red lantern hung in a shop window of Chinatown was painted with a dragon design.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Chinatown, San Francisco   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 10:52:22 Sunday 11 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Terry Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_9863T
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Red Wood Side
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The side wall of one of the venues at the 2015 Burning Man Decompression was painted to look like wood. Once in the past, a sign had been affixed to this wall, but now all that remained were eight empty screw holes.


Red Color   •  As Found Art   •  2015 Burning Man Decompression external link   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Date Photographed: 14:39:58 Sunday 11 October 2015)   •  (Date Published: Friday 29 April 2016)   •  © 2016 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C15_4793
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Red Leaf
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Autumn came to San Francisco and most trees remained green. One tree on Bryant Street put on a lonely display of fall colors.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Bryant Street, San Francisco   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 14:49:14 Friday 9 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SG_7376B
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Red Fire Alarm
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At the corner of Harrison at Steuart Street stood a red fire alarm on the sidewalk's corner. This particular fire alarm casing was cast in 1941.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Harrison at Steuart, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 14:41:06 Sunday 4 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_7357B
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Sees Candy Reflected
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Sees Candy store was located in the Embarcadero Center. Across from it, red plastic blocked the interior view of a new store. This is that Sees Candy store reflected in that red plastic.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 14:22:44 Sunday 4 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_7346B
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Red Handbag
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There were many fine shops in the Embarcadero Center. One such shop displayed a red leather purse.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 14:18:46 Sunday 4 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_7343B
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Red Parking Meter
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A red parking meter still showed time remaining for the red car parked in its parking space.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 14:12:28 Sunday 4 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_7341B
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Pipe Cap
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A series of posts were set into the edge of the sidewalk to prevent cars from parking on that sidewalk. The top of each post was painted red. This was the wounded top of one such post.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Kearny at California, San Francisco   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 14:02:00 Sunday 4 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_7335B
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Red Bricks
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Red painted bricks had a black steel gas line run vertically up its surface.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Sutter Street, San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 14:01:34 Sunday 4 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_7334B
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Red Lattice
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At 4th and Bryant was a small bar and cafe. At one time its lattice had been stained a bright red, but over time that lattice has faded.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 13:58:50 Sunday 4 November 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_7331
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Wine Glasses
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In a restaurant window in downtown San Francisco, many wine glasses were hung upside down on a bright red wine glass holder.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Restaurant window, San Francisco   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken 13:28:48 Tuesday 8 August 2007)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #SF_8298B
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Knife Cut Cheese.
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In the kitchen of the Roberts's home in Pleasant Hill, Uncle Mason sliced cheese for part of Christmas dinner.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Pleasant Hill, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken in 1970)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #19700000_01
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Silver Drip
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A dribble of silver paint was found on the red metal of an old 55 gallon drum.


Red Color external link As Found Art   •  Visible wavelength of light, roughly 630-740 nanometers   •  Location unknown, California   •  (Photo posted Friday 8 February 2008)   •  (Photo taken in 1967)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #19670000_01
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