Marigold (color)

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Marigold
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#EAA221
sRGBB (r, g, b)(234, 162, 33)
HSV (h, s, v)(39°, 86%, 92%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(72, 91, 49°)
SourceISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Marigold is a yellow-orange color. It is named after the flower of the same name.

The year that the first recorded use of marigold as a color name in English was in is currently unknown.

The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color sample of Marigold (color sample #68)

Variations of marigold

Gold

Gold (golden)
 
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Hex triplet#FFD700
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 215, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(51°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(87, 99, 69°)
SourceX11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Gold, also called golden, is one of a variety of yellow-orange color blends used to give the impression of the color of the element gold.

The web color gold is sometimes referred to as golden to distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is more often applied to the color "metallic gold" (shown below).

The first recorded use of golden as a color name in English was in 1300.[1]

Yellow-orange

Yellow Orange
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FFAE42
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 174, 66)
HSV (h, s, v)(34°, 74%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(77, 94, 46°)
SourceCrayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Yellow-orange has been a Crayola crayon color since 1930.

Orange-yellow

Orange Yellow
 
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Hex triplet#F8D568
sRGBB (r, g, b)(248, 213, 104)
HSV (h, s, v)(45°, 58%, 97%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(86, 76, 67°)
SourceCrayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Orange-yellow was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

Goldenrod

Goldenrod
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#DAA520
sRGBB (r, g, b)(218, 165, 32)
HSV (h, s, v)(43°, 85%, 85%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(71, 83, 58°)
SourceX11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color goldenrod.

The color goldenrod is a representation of the color of some of the deeper gold colored goldenrod flowers.

The first recorded use of goldenrod as a color name in English was in 1915.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195
  2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample of Goldenrod: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample L5