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Encyclopedia > Amber (color)
Amber
 
Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FFBF00
RGB (r, g, b) (255, 191, 0)
CMYK (c, m, y, k) N (0, 25, 100, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (45°, 100%, 100%)
  N: Normalised to [ 0–255 ] (changing to [0–100])

Amber is an orange-yellow color that got its name for the material known as an amber. It is famo U CAN'T STOP ME MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHANYA NYA NYA HAHAHAHA !us for being a color used in traffic lights. VT220 terminals were also available in amber. Authors of web pages have a variety of options available for specifying colors for elements of web documents. ... The RGB color model utilizes the additive model in which red, green, and blue light are combined in various ways to create other colors. ... Cyan, magenta, yellow, and key (black) CMYK (or sometimes YMCK) is a subtractive color model used in color printing. ... The HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) model, also called HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness), defines a color space in terms of three constituent components: HSV color space as a color wheel Hue, the color type (such as red, blue, or yellow): Ranges from 0-360 (but normalized to 0-100% in some... See also Orange (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word. ... Yellow is a color with a wavelength 565-590 nanometers. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... Amber pendants. ... Traffic lights will sometimes differ where there are several lanes of traffic. ... The VT220 was a terminal produced by Digital Equipment Corporation from 1983 to 1987. ...

Other color spaces 
HLS color space = (45°, 100%, 50%)

The HLS color space, also called HSL or HSI, stands for Hue, Saturation, Lightness (also Luminance or Luminosity) / Intensity. ...

Symbolism

Amber is a symbolic color of energy.


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Fossil Amber (2108 words)
The word amber also denotes a golden color that amber predominately reflects (recall that when human eyes see color, it is actually the portion of the visible light spectrum that an object reflects that is detected).
Amber is also valued for its botanical and animal inclusions that are trapped by the sticky resin as it flows as sap, which is also organic.
The amber versus copal distinction is lost on many geologists and paleontologists that are aware that scientific data is unavailable to determine the age of fossil resins from this region.
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