Royal Mail Red

Royal Mail

Royal Mail Group Limited, trading as Royal Mail, is a British postal service and courier company. It is owned by International Distribution Services. It operates the brands Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide (parcels). Formed in 2001, the company used the name Consignia for a brief period but changed it soon afterwards. Prior to this date, Royal Mail and Parcelforce were part of the Post Office, a state-owned enterprise the history of which is summarised below. Long before it came to be a company name, the "Royal Mail" brand had been used by the General Post Office to identify its distribution network.

Mail

The mail, or post, is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as a government monopoly, with a fee on the article prepaid. Proof of payment is usually in the form of an adhesive postage stamp, but a postage meter is also used for bulk mailing.

Red

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometers. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy.

royal

Adjective

1. Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
2. Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.

Noun

1. A royal person; a member of a royal family.
2. A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.

mail

Noun

1. A bag or wallet. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.

Verb

1. To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
2. To send by electronic mail.

red

Noun

1. The color of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the color which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive color.
2. A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Adjective

1. Of a red hue.
2. Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.