Ruby (color)

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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.

Ruby
 
A natural ruby
About these coordinates     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°)
SourceMaerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Origins

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

Variations

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Rubine red

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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 descriptorVivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the Pantone color rubine red.

Ruber

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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°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color ruber is displayed to the right.

Medium ruby

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Medium Ruby
 
      Color coordinates
Hex triplet#AA4069
sRGBB (r, g, b)(170, 64, 105)
HSV (h, s, v)(337°, 62%, 67%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(43, 68, 352°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorModerate 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

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Ruby Red
 
      Color coordinates
Hex triplet#9B111E
sRGBB (r, g, b)(155, 17, 30)
HSV (h, s, v)(354°, 89%, 61%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(33, 98, 10°)
SourceRAL
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid 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

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Big Dip O'Ruby
 
      Color coordinates
Hex triplet#9C2542
sRGBB (r, g, b)(156, 37, 66)
HSV (h, s, v)(345°, 76%, 61%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(36, 81, 3°)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorDeep 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

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Antique Ruby
 
      Color coordinates
Hex triplet#841B2D
sRGBB (r, g, b)(132, 27, 45)
HSV (h, s, v)(350°, 80%, 52%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(29, 71, 7°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorDeep 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

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Deep Ruby
 
      Color coordinates
Hex triplet#843F5B
sRGBB (r, g, b)(132, 63, 91)
HSV (h, s, v)(336°, 52%, 52%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(36, 43, 348°)
SourceBS 381
ISCC–NBS descriptorDark 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

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See also

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References

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  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
  4. ^ "Etelis carbunculus". fishesofaustralia.net.au. Retrieved 2020-09-04.