Ruby (color)

Ruber
Ruber
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CE4676
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(206, 70, 118)
HSV (h, s, v)	(339°, 66%, 81%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(50, 89, 355°)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid purplish red
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Rubine Red
Rubine Red
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#D10056
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(209, 0, 86)
HSV (h, s, v)	(335°, 100%, 82%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(45, 124, 1°)
Source	[Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Ruby
Ruby
	A natural ruby
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E0115F
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(224, 17, 95)
HSV (h, s, v)	(337°, 92%, 88%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(48, 130, 1°)
Source	Maerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

An accepted version of this page, accepted on 30 June 2020, was based on this revision.

Ruby is a color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished ruby gemstone and is a shade of red or pink.

Origins

The first recorded use of ruby as a color name in English was in 1572.^[2]

Variations

Rubine red

Displayed at right is the Pantone color rubine red.

Ruber

At right is displayed the color ruber.

Medium ruby

Medium Ruby

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#AA4069
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(170, 64, 105)
HSV (h, s, v)	(337°, 62%, 67%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(43, 68, 352°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Medium ruby is the color called ruby in Crayola Gem Tones, a specialty set of crayons introduced by the Crayola company in 1994.

Ruby red

Ruby Red

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9B111E
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(155, 17, 30)
HSV (h, s, v)	(354°, 89%, 61%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(33, 98, 10°)
Source	RAL
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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 originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.

Big dip o'ruby

Big Dip O'Ruby

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9C2542
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(156, 37, 66)
HSV (h, s, v)	(345°, 76%, 61%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(36, 81, 3°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.

This is supposed to be a metallic color. However, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a flat computer screen.

Antique ruby

Antique Ruby

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#841B2D
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(132, 27, 45)
HSV (h, s, v)	(350°, 80%, 52%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(29, 71, 7°)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color antique ruby.

The first recorded use of antique ruby as a color name in English was in 1926.^[3]

The color antique ruby is a dark tone of ruby.

Deep ruby

Deep Ruby

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#843F5B
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(132, 63, 91)
HSV (h, s, v)	(336°, 52%, 52%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(36, 43, 348°)
Source	BS 381
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Dark purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.

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.
Infrared light in the portion of the spectrum where it is still visible to humans (out to approximately 1050 nanometers) appears ruby red. Starting at about 660 nm in the visible red, a monochromatic source such as an LED or laser begins to look very slightly purplish, gradually becoming more so as the wavelength increases. Below about 900 nm, the color is more purple than red, similar to some of the color samples on this page.

In culture

Film

The ruby slippers are the magical shoes worn by Dorothy Gale (played by Judy Garland) in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz.

Television

Ruby is a character in the animated TV series Steven Universe.
Ruby is a character in the TV series Trollz.

Video games

Ruby is a version of the popular Pokémon series of video games, first released with Sapphire in 2003.
The Ruby Weapon is an extra optional boss in Final Fantasy VII (1997).

References

^ 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
^ 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

[1] 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.

[2] 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

[3] 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

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