Silver_(color)

Silver (color)

For other uses, see Silver (disambiguation).

Silver (#C0C0C0)

Silver is the metallic shade resembling gray, closest to that of polished silver.

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. Consequently in art one would normally use a metallic paint that glitters like real silver. A matte grey color like the swatch on this page would not be considered silver.

Contents

1 History
2 Color definitions
- 2.1 Web color silver
- 2.2 Pale silver
3 Silver in nature
4 Silver in human culture
5 See also
6 References

History

The first recorded use of silver as a color name in English was in 1481.¹

Color definitions

Web color silver

Silver
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#C0C0C0
sRGB^B	(r, g, b)	(191, 191, 191)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(0°, 0%, 75%)
Source		HTML/CSS²
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

HTML-example: <body bgcolor="silver">
CSS-example: body { background-color:silver; }

Pale silver

Pale silver
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#C9C0BB
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(201, 192, 187)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(0°, 0%, 80%)
Source		Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Pale silver is the color called silver in Crayola crayons. It is not a neutral grayscale color, but is a warm gray with an extremely slight tone of orange-red.

Silver in nature

Minerals

Many metals are silver colored and good conductors and reflectors because of the relatively free electrons in the outer electron shells of their atoms. Silver is the best electrical conductor. ³

Plants

A silver fir is a valuable timber tree that originated in Europe.⁴

A silver maple is characterized by lacy, delicate leaves that are lighter grayish-green on the underside. They get their name from the shimmering effect the two-toned leaves give when fluttering in a breeze.

Animals

A silverfish is an insect which may eat paper or cloth. ⁵
Many fish are colored silver.
A silver fox is a "genetically determined phase of the common red fox in which the pelt is black tipped with white". ⁶

Silver in human culture

The expression every cloud has a silver lining is used to point out that something good can often come out of even a bad situation.

Art

Andy Warhol for many years dyed his hair silver.
The most expensive work of art ever made is colored silver. It is a diamond encrusted platinum casting of a skull called For The Love of God, created by artist Damien Hirst, that went on sale for $99,000,000 in London on 3 June 2007. For the Love of God:

Film

The silver screen is a poetic name for a motion picture screen.
Science fiction films often show spaceship or starship crews wearing silver body suits. In the song Science Fiction/Double Feature in the Rocky Horror Picture Show, it is mentioned that Flash Gordon wore silver underwear: Lyrics to the song Science Fiction/Double Feature:
Silver City is a 2004 political satire and drama film written and directed by John Sayles.

Gerontology

The aging of the baby boomers is called the silver tsunami. ⁷

In heraldry there is no distinction between silver and white, represented as "argent".
In English heraldry argent (silver) or white signified brightness, purity, virtue, or innocence. ⁸

The Silver Cord is a 1926 play by Sidney Howard about the emotional tie between a mother and a son and the term "silver cord" is sometimes used to represent this tie. ⁹
The Silver Chair is part of The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels written by C.S. Lewis.

Silver Apples was a psychedelic electronic music duo from New York City that formed in 1967.
Silverhead was a British band, led by singer/actor Michael Des Barres. They were a part of the glam rock music scene of the early 1970s.
Silver Convention was a popular disco music group.
Silver Head is a contemporary punk rock band.
Silverchair is a contemporary Australian rock band.
Silver Fox is a song by RJD2 from his 2002 album Deadringer.

The Silver Surfer is a popular comic book character.
Silver Fox is a character in the Marvel comics universe.

Parapsychology

Those who claim to have had out-of-body experiences sometimes report that they observe a silver cord connecting their astral body to their physical body. ¹⁰

The Silver Shirts was an American fascist organization during the 1930s.

In science fiction, robots are usually depicted as being colored silver.

The Oakland Raiders of the National Football League use silver as one of their primary colors, along with black.

In the TV show, Power Rangers and its Japanese counterpart Super Sentai, silver is a ranger color. So far, there has been only one silver ranger per series: the silver space ranger (from Power Rangers In Space) and its Super Sentai counterpart, megasilver (from Denji Sentai Megaranger).

See also

List of colors

References

^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Silver: Page 97 Plate 37 Color Sample A2
^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
^ Asimov, Isaac Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos New York:1992 Plume (Penguin)
^ Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachuetts, U.S.A.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 1098
^ Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachuetts, U.S.A.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 1098
^ Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachuetts, U.S.A.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 1098
^ “Everyone’s Mortgage Crisis”—Debra J. Saunders’ column in the Tue. March 11, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle about the Social Security and Medicare Entitlement Crisis:
^ The American Girls Handy Book, p.369
^ Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachuetts, U.S.A.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 1098
^ Greenhouse, Herbert B. The Astral Journey New York:1975 Doubleday Page 46

v • d • e Web colors
black	gray	silver	white	red	maroon	purple	fuchsia	green	lime	olive	yellow	blue	navy	teal	aqua

v • d • e Shades of gray
Gray	Arsenic	Bistre	Black	Charcoal	Davy's gray	Feldgrau	Liver	Payne's gray	Seal brown

Silver	Slate gray	Taupe	Purple taupe	Medium taupe	Taupe gray	Pale taupe	Rose Quartz	White	Xanadu