Red chalk

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Red chalk is chalk of a reddish-brown color, which was used as a material for drawing. It is obtained from the red ochre variety of hematite. Another term for red chalk, common in older references, is sanguine ().

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Image: Mademoiselle de Mondran (Toulouse 1768 - ?), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.