Silver (color)
| Silver | |
|---|---|
| Components | |
| RGB ( r , g , b ) | (192, 192, 192) |
| Hexadecimal triplet | C0C0C0 |
| CMYK ( c , m , y , k ) | (0%, 0%, 0%, 25%) |
| HSL ( h , s , l ) | (0 °, 0%, 74%) |
A pure silver crystal
The color silver (adjective: silver ) denotes a metallic shade of gray. Computer monitors cannot display silver as a single color, as the color rendering depends on the light source and the surface material. The color silver is therefore represented as a clearly defined, light gray.
Color definitions
Web color
In HTML 4 / VGA , silver has a standardized color name. Examples for the application of the weave color silver are:
-
HTML example :
<body bgcolor="silver"> -
CSS example :
body {background-color: #C0C0C0;}
The color silver in nature
Minerals
Because of the free electrons , many metals have a silver-colored appearance.
plants
Many plants have silver in their name, such as B .:
- Silver maple
- Silver acacia
- Silver tree
- Silver leaves
- Silver thistle
- Silver grass
- Silver clover
- Silver herb
- Silver linden
- White poplar
- Silver rain
- Silver arum
Animals
Several animals also have silver in their names:
- Silver monkey
- Silver bisam
- Silver carp
- Silverfish
- Silver fox
- Silver king (fish)
- Silver salmon
- Silver lion
- herring gull
- Silver salamander
- Silver line
The color silver in society
heraldry
- In heraldry , silver, like gold , is referred to as a metal that is one of the heraldic tinctures. It is often represented by white paint.
music
- Silbermond is the name of a German pop rock band
Color psychology
The color silver stands for lightness, freedom, speed and clarity. But it looks cool and reserved.
Color names
There are a number of slang terms and color names for silver:
- Antique silver
- Aluminum gloss
- Antique silver
- Bronze silver
- Chrome shine
- Tinsel silver
- Light silver
- Metallic gray
- Nickel silver
- Nickel luster
- Stovepipe silver
- Silver blonde
- Silver gray
- Silver black
- Silver white
- Standard silver
- Titanium shine
- White gold luster
- Zinc shine
See also
- Precious metal silver
- Precious metal platinum
- Color gray
- Table silver
- Silver mirror
- Musivsilver
- Shell silver
literature
- Eva Heller : How colors work . Color psychology, color symbolism, creative color design. 3. Edition. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-426-27174-5 , p. 243-254 (first edition: 1999).
Web links
Commons : Silver - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Silver - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wikiquote: Silver Quotes
- The color silver
- Silver most popular car color . ( Memento from June 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) netzeitung.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Asimov, Isaac Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos New York: 1992 Plume (Penguin)
- ↑ Silver is forever second and yet a sign of elegance
