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# red

Returns a color object whose RGB value is `1.0`, `0.0`, `0.0` and whose alpha value is `1.0`.

```
class var red: NSColor { get }
```

## Return Value

The `NSColor` object.

## See Also

[`redComponent`](/documentation/AppKit/NSColor/redComponent)

The red component value of the color.


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