Striking red giant gets independence (6)
I believe the answer is:
titian
'striking red' is the definition.
'titian' can be an answer for 'red' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'striking' bit.
'giant gets independence' is the wordplay.
'giant' becomes 'titan' (synonyms).
'gets' means one lot of letters goes inside another (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'independence' becomes 'i'.
'titan' going around 'i' is 'TITIAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for titian that I've seen before include "Venetian fifteenth-sixteenth century painter" , "Painter, noted for works with bright auburn hair" , "Venetian artist" , "Venetian old master, d. 1575" , "It. painter, famous for redheads" .)