Silver (color)

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Silver
 
Color icon silver.svg
Common connotations
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Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #C0C0C0
sRGB B (r, g, b)(192, 192, 192)
HSV (h, s, v)(0°, 0%, 75%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(78, 0, 0°)
Source HTML/CSS [1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Light gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
A silver crystal Silver crystal.jpg
A silver crystal

Silver or metallic gray is a color tone resembling gray that is a representation of the color of polished silver.

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Silver ingot Silver Bar 01.jpg
Silver ingot

The visual sensation usually associated with the metal silver is its metallic shine. This cannot be reproduced by a simple solid color because the shiny effect is due to the material's brightness varying with the surface angle to the light source. In addition, there is no mechanism for showing metallic or fluorescent colors on a computer without resorting to rendering software that simulates the action of light on a shiny surface. Consequently, in art and in heraldry, one would typically use a metallic paint that glitters like real silver. A matte gray color could also be used to represent silver.

History

The first recorded use of silver as a color name in English was in 1481. [2] In heraldry, the word argent is used, [3] derived from Latin argentum over Medieval French argent.

Silver

Displayed at right is the web color silver.

Since version 3.2 of HTML "silver" is a name for one of the 16 basic-VGA-colors.

Variations of silver

Silver (Crayola)

Silver (Crayola)
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #C9C0BB
sRGB B (r, g, b)(201, 192, 187)
HSV (h, s, v)(21°, 7%, 79%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(78, 7, 42°)
Source Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor Yellowish gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Crayola crayons have a color called silver which is a pale tone of silver color. This silver has been a Crayola color since 1903.

Crayola's silver is not a neutral grayscale color but a warm gray with a very slight tinge of orange-red.

Silver pink

Silver Pink
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #C4AEAD
sRGB B (r, g, b)(196, 174, 173)
HSV (h, s, v)(3°, 12%, 77%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(73, 14, 15°)
Source Plochere [4]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Grayish yellowish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color silver pink is displayed on the right.

The color name silver pink first came into use in 1948.

The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers. [5]

Silver sand

Silver Sand
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #BFC1C2
sRGB B (r, g, b)(191, 193, 194)
HSV (h, s, v)(200°, 2%, 76%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(78, 2, 221°)
Source Xona.com Color List [6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Light greenish gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

On the right is displayed the color silver sand.

The color name silver sand for this silver-tone has been used since 2001 when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

Silver chalice

Silver Chalice
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #ACACAC
sRGB B (r, g, b)(172, 172, 172)
HSV (h, s, v)(0°, 0%, 67%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(70, 0, 0°)
Source Xona.com Color List [6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Light gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

On the right is displayed the color silver chalice.

The color name silver chalice for this tone of silver has been in use since 2001 when it was promulgated as one of the colors on the Xona.com Color List.

Roman silver

Roman Silver
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #838996
sRGB B (r, g, b)(131, 137, 150)
HSV (h, s, v)(221°, 13%, 59%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(57, 12, 250°)
Source Resene [7]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Bluish gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

On the right is displayed the color Roman silver.

Roman silver, a blue-gray tone of silver, is one of the colors on the Resene Color List.

Old silver

Old Silver
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #848482
sRGB B (r, g, b)(132, 132, 130)
HSV (h, s, v)(60°, 2%, 52%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(55, 2, 86°)
Source ISCC-NBS [8]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Greenish gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color old silver.

Old silver is a color formulated to resemble tarnished silver.

The first recorded use of old silver as a color name in English was in 1905. [9]

The normalized color coordinates for old silver are identical to battleship gray.

Sonic silver

Sonic Silver
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #757575
sRGB B (r, g, b)(117, 117, 117)
HSV (h, s, v)(0°, 0%, 46%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(49, 0, 0°)
Source Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor Dark gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Sonic silver is a tone of silver included in Metallic FX crayons, specialty crayons formulated by Crayola in 2001.

Silver in nature

Plants

Animals

Silver in culture

Aphorisms

Astronomy

Film

Geography

Gerontology

Heraldry

Literature

Marriage

Military

Music

Panelology

Parapsychology

Politics

Real estate

Religion

Role playing games

School colors

Scouting

Sexuality

Sports

See also

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