Silver (color) 

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.

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History

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

Color definitions

Web color silver

Silver
About these coordinatesAbout these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #C0C0C0
sRGBB (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.


Pale silver

Pale silver
About these coordinatesAbout these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #C9C0BB
RGBB (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

Plants

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

Silver in human culture

Aphorisms

Art

Film

Gerontology

Heraldry

Literature

Music

Panelology

Parapsychology

Politics

Robotics

Sports

Television

See also

References

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords
  3. ^ Asimov, Isaac Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos New York:1992 Plume (Penguin)
  4. ^ Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachuetts, U.S.A.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 1098
  5. ^ Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachuetts, U.S.A.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 1098
  6. ^ Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachuetts, U.S.A.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 1098
  7. ^ “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:
  8. ^ The American Girls Handy Book, p.369
  9. ^ Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachuetts, U.S.A.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 1098
  10. ^ Greenhouse, Herbert B. The Astral Journey New York:1975 Doubleday Page 46