Coral (color)

Coral (color)
A coral-colored Algerian coral

The various tones of the color coral are representations of the wide range of colors of the class of cnidarians, also called corals. The complementary color of coral is teal.

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Coral

Coral
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FF7F50
sRGBB (r, g, b) (255, 127, 80)
HSV (h, s, v) (16°, 69%, 100%)
Source HTML/CSS[1]
X11 color names[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color coral is a pinkish-orange color. It is displayed at right.

The first recorded use of coral as a color name in English was in 1513.[3]

Variations of coral

Coral pink

Coral Pink
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #F88379
RGBB (r, g, b) (248, 131, 121)
HSV (h, s, v) (16°, 69%, 100%)
Source ISCC-NBS[4]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color coral pink is displayed at right, a pinkish color.[4]

The complementary color of coral pink is teal. The first recorded use of coral pink as a color name in English was in 1892.[5]


Light coral

Light Coral
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FF8080
sRGBB (r, g, b) (240, 128, 128)
HSV (h, s, v) (0°, 50%, 100%)
Source HTML/CSS[1]
X11 color names[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color light coral is displayed at right.


See also

References

  1. ^ a b W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
  2. ^ a b X11 rgb.txt. XFree86. (February 1994). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
  3. ^ Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 193 ; color sample of coral: Page 27, Plate 2, Color Sample J10.
  4. ^ a b "Ca through Cz". ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names. John C. Foster and Texas Precancel Club. 1955. color sample #26. http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-c.htm. Retrieved September 22, 2010.  The ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names is a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps.
  5. ^ Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 193 ; color sample of coral pink: page 27, plate 2, color sample F9.


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Shades of orange
Amber Apricot Atomic tangerine Bittersweet Brown Burnt orange Carrot orange Champagne Coral Dark salmon
                   
Deep carrot orange ECE/SAE Amber Flame Gamboge Gold Gold (metallic) International orange Lion Mahogany Old gold
                   
Orange Orange (web) Orange-red Orange peel Papaya whip Peach Peach-orange Peach-yellow Persian orange
                 
Portland Orange Princeton orange Pumpkin Rust Safety orange Salmon Satin sheen gold Sunset Tangelo
                 
Tangerine Tea rose Tenné Tomato Vermilion
         
The samples shown above are only indicative.
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Shades of red
Amaranth Auburn Burgundy Cardinal Carmine Cerise Chestnut Crimson Dark red Electric crimson
                   
Fire brick Flame Folly Fuchsia Lust Magenta Raspberry Red Red-violet Redwood
                   
Rose Rosewood Rust Scarlet Terra cotta Tuscan red Vermilion Wine
               
The samples shown above are only indicative.
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Shades of pink
Amaranth Amaranth pink Apricot Brink pink Carmine Carnation pink Cerise Coral pink Deep carmine Deep pink
                   
Fandango French rose Fuchsia Hollywood cerise Hot magenta Hot pink Lavender pink Magenta Peach Persian Rose
                   
Pink Puce Rose Rose pink Salmon Shocking pink Thulian pink Ultra pink
               
The samples shown above are only indicative.

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