Similar to Black, Red is also quite commonly seen in the Jain manuscripts. Red ink was made with ‘Hinglok’ (‘હિંગળોક‘/हिंगळोक). Cinabar is the scientific name of a Hinglok. It is a bright red mineral consisting of mercury sulphide. A piece of Hinglok was mixed with glue and sugared water, which were then appropriately mixed together. This mixture was again diluted with clean water. After dilution the mixture it was left in a flat plate, after a while the excess water was removed from the mixture and the leftover residue was used as red ink.

In Jain manuscripts, the colour red is used to draw the thin side-borders and to draw the red dot for the page numbers. It was used for the Jain Mantra-tantra paintings as well. Red was also used within the text to draw the ‘Viram/Danda’ in sentences. The bright-red colour looks attractive on the beige coloured paper which is written in black text.