We explore the extinction/reddening of ~35000 uniformly selected quasars with 00.2. Simulations show both populations of quasars are intrinsically bluer than the mean composite, with a mean spectral index ({alpha}{lambda}) of -1.79 (-1.83). The emission and absorption-line properties of both samples reveal that quasars with intrinsically red continua have narrower Balmer lines and stronger high-ionization emission lines, the latter indicating a harder continuum in the extreme-UV and the former pointing to differences in black hole mass and/or orientation.
Cone search capability for table J/AJ/149/203/table2 (Individual fit values)