Ruby (color)
| Ruby | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #E0115F | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (224, 17, 95) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (337°, 92%, 88[1]%) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul[2] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Ruby is a color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished ruby gemstone. The somewhat deeper color of the uncut, unpolished ruby crystal is called rubelite.
The first recorded use of ruby as a color name in English was in 1572.[3]
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[edit] Variations of ruby
[edit] Rubine red
| Rubine Red | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #D10056 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (209, 0, 86) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (335°, 100%, 82[4]%) |
| Source | Pantone | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the Pantone color rubine red.
[edit] Ruby red
| Ruby Red | ||
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| Hex triplet | #9B111E | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (155, 17, 30) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (354°, 89%, 61[5]%) |
| Source | RAL | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color ruby red.
This is one of the colors in the RAL color matching system, a color system widely used in Europe. The RAL color list first originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.
[edit] Big dip o’ruby
| Big Dip O’Ruby | ||
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| Hex triplet | #9C2542 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (156, 37, 66) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (345°, 76%, 61[6]%) |
| Source | Crayola | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color big dip o’ruby.
Big dip o’ruby is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Metallic FX, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 2001.
[edit] Antique ruby
| Antique Ruby | ||
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #841B2D | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (132, 27, 45) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (350°, 80%, 52[7]%) |
| Source | ISCC NBS | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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At right is displayed the color antique ruby.
The first recorded use of antique ruby as a color name in English was in 1926.[8]
The color antique ruby is a dark tone of ruby.
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Antique Ruby (color sample #13).
[edit] Deep ruby
| Ruby (BS 381) | ||
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| Hex triplet | #843F5B | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (132, 63, 91) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (336°, 52%, 52[9]%) |
| Source | BS 381 | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is deep tone of ruby that is called ruby in the British Standards 381 color list. This color is #542 on the 381 color list. The 381 color list is for colors used in identification, coding, and other special purposes. The British Standard color lists were first formulated in 1930 and reached their present form in 1955.
[edit] Ruby in nature
- The Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a small hummingbird. It is the only species of hummingbird that regularly nests east of the Mississippi River in North America.
[edit] Ruby in human culture
- Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language used to program websites in Ruby on Rails, a free web application framework.
- The ruby slippers are the magical shoes worn by Dorothy (played by Judy Garland) in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz.
- In the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, it is believed that within the Ascended Masters there is a special subcommittee called The Fellowship of the Ruby Ray that deals with Earth-Nirvana affairs--this committee was formed by Padmasambhava (a buddha who is said to be Earth's liaison with Nirvana) and also includes Sanat Kumara, Gautama Buddha, Maitreya, and the Master Jesus.[10]
[edit] References
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #EO115F (Ruby):
- ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ruby in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color ruby is displayed on page 35, Plate 6, Color Sample G6.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Ruby: Page 35 Plate 6 Color Sample G6
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color # D10056 (Rubine Red):
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color # 9B111E (Ruby Red):
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #9C2542 (Big Dip O’Ruby):
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #841B2D (Antique Ruby):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 189; Color Sample of Antique Ruby: Page 35 Plate 6 Color Sample L6
- ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #843F5B (Deep Ruby):
- ^ Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press--Padmasambhava Pages 258-263
[edit] See also
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