Coral (color)

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A coral-colored Algerian coral Corail algerien.jpg
A coral-colored Algerian coral

The various tones of the color coral are orange, red and pink representations of the colors of those cnidarians known as precious corals.

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Coral
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FF7F50
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 127, 80)
HSV (h, s, v)(16°, 69%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(67, 110, 24°)
Source HTML/CSS [1]
X11 color names [2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Vivid reddish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color coral is a shade of orange. It is displayed adjacent. Other modern color schemes use different shades of orange or red.

The first recorded use of coral as a color name in English was in 1513. [3]

Variations of coral

Coral red

Coral red
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FF4040
sRGB B (r, g, b)(255, 64, 64)
HSV (h, s, v)(0°, 75%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(57, 150, 12°)
SourceColorHexa [4]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color coral red is displayed adjacent.

Coral pink

Coral pink
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #F88379
sRGB B (r, g, b)(248, 131, 121)
HSV (h, s, v)(5°, 51%, 97%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(68, 89, 16°)
SourceISCC-NBS [5]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Deep yellowish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color coral pink is displayed adjacent, a pinkish color. [5]

The complementary color of coral pink is teal. The first recorded use of coral pink as a color name in English was in 1892. [6] Late in 2016, the color sample was renamed Coral Red by Pantone, as the RGB, hex and HTML color table showed the same color as being reddish, standing against popular belief of pinkish.

Still today, some people call coral red "coral pink" due to this old attribution.

The normalized color coordinates for coral pink are identical to Congo pink, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1912. [7]

Light coral

Light coral
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #F08080
sRGB B (r, g, b)(240, 128, 128)
HSV (h, s, v)(0°, 47%, 94%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(66, 82, 12°)
Source HTML/CSS [1]
X11 color names [2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Deep pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color light coral is a pinkish-light orange color as displayed adjacent. It is also a HTML/CSS color name and a X11 color name.

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References

  1. 1 2 W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords. W3C. (May 2003). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
  2. 1 2 X11 rgb.txt Archived May 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . XFree86. (February 1994). Retrieved on 21 September 2008.
  3. Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 193. Color sample of coral: page 27, plate 2, color sample J10.
  4. "Coral red / #ff4040 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  5. 1 2 "Ca through Cz". ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names. John C. Foster and Texas Precancel Club. 1955. color sample #26. Archived from the original on July 30, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2010. The ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names is a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps.
  6. Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. p. 193.. Color sample of coral pink: page 27, plate 2, color sample F9.
  7. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Congo Pink: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample C10