Redness

Redness of the skin is the first visible result from spanking. The redness comes from a widening of the capillaries (blood vessels) in the dermis (middle layer of the skin). The harder and longer a bottom is spanked, the redder it becomes - up to a certain maximum.

This effect is related to blushing in the face, which comes from embarrassment or from physical exhaustion. Typically, a person who is subjected to a good spanking gets not only a red bottom but also a red face.

After the spanking is over, the skin color usually fades back to normal within a few hours and leaves no long-term marks (unlike bruises, which are due to internal bleeding).

In addition to the change of color, the redness can also be felt - as temperature. The increased blood circulation makes the spanked skin warmer to touch than the normal, unspanked skin. This is why a spankee will not feel cold in his/her bottom during a spanking even when bared for a longer time, whereas other parts of his/her body, such as his/her back, legs or feet, may become cold with time.

Using redness as a measure

Redness in computer graphics. Top row: realistic reddening. Bottom row: unrealistic color choices. Click on the image for a description.

Simulation of skin reddening with differently pigmented skin. Top: unspanked, middle: reddened from spanking, bottom: deeply reddened

Redness with welts, simulated with two color layers and a semitransparent eraser.

The redness effect is psychologically impressive for both the spanker and the spankee and one of the things that make spanking and getting spanked fun. It is also sometimes used as an approximate indicator of how hard a spanking was (or when it is enough). However, it should be noted that some bottoms redden more easily than others. Also, many other factors have an influence: for example, the time of day, or whether the spankee has consumed alcohol or other blood-thinning drugs such as aspirin.

For people with a dark skin color, the redness effect is much less visible than for people with few pigments in their skin, although the capillaries widen the same.

See also [ Arkham Scale ]

Redness in art, film, and literature

In spanking stories, spanking art, and spanking videos, the redness effect is often exaggerated. In stories, well-spanked bottoms are described e.g., as "cherry red", and some artists draw the bottoms of their spankee characters in such a cherry-red color, especially in comic and cartoon-style drawings (for example, Comixpank or Jay Em). In reality, the redness is more of a pink than a deep red tone because a) there is always space between the capillaries even when they are widened, and b) because the blood-red color of the capillaries is overlaid by the semi-transparent yellowish-white epidermis.

In some spanking photos (and occasionally videos), the model put on a make-up of artificial redness. This is done either as a fake if the model does not like to get spanked that hard for real or to reach a visually stronger effect than natural redness could have.

Often, in spanking photos and other visual art, the redness is also added (or enhanced) digitally. On the Italian Spanking Art Pages there is a (nonfree) tutorial on how to realistically redden a bottom as if it had been spanked, using Photoshop.

See also

• Fesse Rouge (a French free spanking site)

Links

• Example photo on Spanking Implement Research ( X Site down 12/22/22 )
• Example photo on Spanking Implement Research ( X Site down 12/22/22 )

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