Thread:Bizippo/@comment-27075564-20190104002151/@comment-3131473-20190105155720

Amaranth is actually even more pink tbh, and was invented later. It was used by 1st Rzeczpospolita Polish army because it was lot cheaper than crimson, the official Polish red. Sapkowski perhaps had that story on mind because both crimson and amaranth are mentioned in descriptions of Redanian flags.

The one I use is meant to be the middle ground between crimson/amaranth and zinnabar, most common heraldic red (as well as the one used by 2nd Rzeczpospolita and People's Republic of Poland)