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Ruby (color)

Color that represents the ruby gemstone From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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Origins

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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Displayed at right is the Pantone color rubine red.

Ruber

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The color ruber is displayed to the right.

Medium ruby

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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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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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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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At right is displayed the color antique ruby.

The first recorded use of antique ruby as a color name in English was in 1926.[6]

The color antique ruby is a dark tone of ruby.

Deep ruby

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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.

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