Rust is a red color resembling iron oxide red. It is a commonly used color on cars and appears roughly the same color as photographic safelights when used over a standard

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The first recorded use of ''rust'' as a color name in English was in 1692. Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Rust: Page 35 Plate 6 Color Sample A12

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Rust is named after the resulting phenomenon of the

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. The word 'rust' finds its etymological origins in the Proto-Germanic word ''rusta'', which translates to "redness." The word is closely related to the term " ruddy," which also refers to a reddish coloring in an object.

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