Ruby (color)

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Ruby (color)

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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Ruby
 
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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°)
SourceMaerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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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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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)
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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[3]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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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)
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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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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[4]
ISCC–NBS descriptorVivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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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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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)
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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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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[5]
ISCC–NBS descriptorDeep red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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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

Quick Facts Deep Ruby, Color coordinates ...
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[7]
ISCC–NBS descriptorDark purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
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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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