Rouge means red in French and it can refer to:

• A cosmetic, used to colour the cheeks and emphasize the cheekbones.
• A fine powder of iron(III) oxide, used for polishing or cosmetics.
• A similar abrasive powder, with composition and particle size of each type varying from manufacturer to manufacturer:
  • Green rouge, chromium(III) oxide.
  • White rouge, an ultra-fine, dry grade rouge, not as fine as red rouge.
  • Yellow rouge, for finishing gold, stainless steel, platinum and other hard metals.
  • Black rouge, a precision optical grade rouge, offers very smooth, dependable results for final polishing and figuring, ideal for obtaining a very smooth surface with more "luster" than cerium oxide or even red rouge.

  White, yellow, and black rouge typically contain aluminium oxide as the active polishing ingredient, combined with other compounds.

  • Links to Communism, especially in terms such as Khmer Rouge.
  • A member of the Parti rouge, a radical French Canadian political body formed around 1848.
  • The Rouge, popular name for Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Plant, once one of the world's largest factories, located on River Rouge.
  • Rouge Steel Company, steelworks formerly part of the River Rouge Plant.
  • A 1987 movie, Rouge.
  • A 1994 movie, Rouge.
  • A Sonic the Hedgehog video game character, Rouge the Bat.
  • A Canadian football term, see Single (football).
  • British Arabic/Asian Girl band Rouge
  • A TV show produced by MediaCorp TV's Channel 5 in Singapore.

French loanwords

Rouge (homonymie) | Rouge | Rouge