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Encyclopedia > Apricot (color)
Apricot
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FBCEB1
RGBB (r, g, b) (251, 206, 177)
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) (0, 7, 28, 0)
HSV (h, s, v) (30°, 24%, 87%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Apricot is a color that attempts to represent the color of apricots. Actually, it is somewhat paler than actual apricots and it seem to have been invented in order to have at hand a pleasant pastel shade of orange for use in interior design. The term apricot in the indicated shade has been in use as a color name since 1851. [1] Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... The RGB color model is an additive model in which red, green and blue (often used in additive light models) are combined in various ways to reproduce other colors. ... Red may be any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... Green is a color with many different shades, all within a wavelength of roughly 520–570 nm. ... The term Blue may refer any of a number of similar colors. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Cyan is a pure spectral color, but the same hue can also be generated by mixing equal amounts of green and blue light. ... Magenta is a color made up of red and blue light. ... Yellow is any color of light that stimulates both the red and green cone cells of the retina, but not the blue cone cells. ... Black is a color with several subtle differences in meaning. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hue altered The hue of this Painted Bunting is adjusted over the spectrum. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ... Binomial name Prunus armeniaca L. The Apricot (Prunus armeniaca, syn. ... See also Orange (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word. ... Interior design is the process of shaping the experience of interior space, through the manipulation of spatial volume as well as surface treatment. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


References

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill See Page 189 for year of first recorded use of color name reference and Page 43, Plate 10 Color Sample 7F for color sample of Apricot.

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