The various shades 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 turquoise.
Coral
The web color coral is a light pinkish-orange color. It is displayed at right.
The first recorded use of coral as a color name in English was in 1513. [3]
Light Coral
The web color light coral is displayed at right.
Coral Pink
| Coral Pink |
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— Color coordinates — |
| Hex triplet |
#F88379 |
| RGBB |
(r, g, b) |
(248, 131, 121) |
| HSV |
(h, s, v) |
(16°, 69%, 100%) |
| Source |
ISCC-NBS |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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The color coral pink is displayed at right, a pinkish color. This is perhaps the most common color for corals.
The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955), a Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See sample of the color Coral Pink (color sample #26) displayed on indicated page: [1].
The complementary color of coral pink is teal. The first recorded use of coral pink as a color name in English was in 1892. [4]
Coral Red
The color coral red is displayed at right. This is a representation of the color of red corals.
The source of this color is the web safe color chart displayed on the website of From the Heart Graphics: [2].
As a footnote, red coral is also found frequently in jewellery. In 2007 it has become a fashionable accessory, however a lot of the red coral jewellery is given the color by a dye made from red mangrove. It nevertheless remains an endangered species and caution should be exercised in buying natural red coral.
Dark coral
| Dark Coral |
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— Color coordinates — |
| Hex triplet |
#CD5B45 |
| RGBB |
(r, g, b) |
(205, 91, 69) |
| HSV |
(h, s, v) |
(10°, 66%, 80%) |
| Source |
Unsourced |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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The color dark coral is displayed at right.
Coral in human culture
Interior Design
- Coral and coral pink are popular colors in interior design to give a calm feeling of warmth to a room.
Religion
References
- ^ a b W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
- ^ a b X11 rgb.txt. XFree86. (February 1994). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Coral: Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample J10
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Coral Pink: Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample F9
See also
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