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Encyclopedia > Cardinal (color)

Cardinal
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #C41E3A
RGBB (r, g, b) (196, 30, 58)
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) (0, 85, 70, 23)
HSV (h, s, v) (350°, 85%, 77%)
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals. The family of birds takes its name from the color. 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 not a colour. ... 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. ... Red may be any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... An Anglican priest wearing a single-breasted cassock. ... A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official in the Roman Catholic Church, ranking just below the Pope and appointed by him as a member of the College of Cardinals during a consistory. ... Genera Periporphyrus Saltator Caryothraustes Parkerthraustes Rhodothraupis Cardinalis Pheucticus Cyanocompsa Guiraca Passerina Spiza The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of passerine birds living in North and South America. ...


Cardinal is the official color of Stanford University, though the athletic teams's official colors are cardinal and white (school athletic teams are called "The Cardinal"). Other school colors described as cardinal include those of The University of Arkansas, Brown University, Fairfield University, Iowa State University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, Wesleyan University, Willamette University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Stanford redirects here. ... The University of Arkansas is a public coeducational land-grant university system, with its flagship campus in Fayetteville. ... Brown University is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. ... Fairfield University is a private and co-educational undergraduate university located in Fairfield, Connecticut. ... Fountain of Four Seasons by Christian Petersen with the Campanile in the background Iowa State University (ISU) is a public land-grant and space-grant university located in Ames, Iowa. ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is organized into five schools and one college, containing 32 academic departments and 53 interdisciplinary laboratories, centers and programs. ... Stevens Institute of Technology is a technological university located on a 55 acre (223,000 m²) campus in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA, founded in 1870 on the basis of an 1868 bequest from Edwin A. Stevens. ... The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly as Southern Cal[1]), located in the downtown district of Los Angeles, California, was founded in 1880, making it Californias oldest private research university. ... Wesleyan University, founded in 1831, is a private, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. ... Willamette University is a private institution of higher learning located in Salem, Oregon. ... The University of Wisconsin-Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ...


Other color systems

The corresponding Pantone Matching System (PMS) color is 200. However, Stanford's PMS color is 201. Pantone Inc. ...


The hex triplet for the web-safe version of the color is #CC2233. Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ...


See also

  Shades of red  
Alizarin Burgundy Cardinal Carmine Cerise Chestnut Crimson Falu red Fuchsia Magenta Maroon Mauve
                       
Red Red-violet Rust Puce Sangria Scarlet Terra cotta Vermilion Amaranth Rose Hollywood Cerise Shocking Pink
                       

  Results from FactBites:
 
Cardinal (color) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (137 words)
Cardinal is a vivid red, which gets its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals.
Cardinal is the official color of Stanford University, though the athletic teams's official colors are cardinal and white (school athletic teams are called "The Cardinal").
Other school colors described as cardinal include those of Fairfield University, Iowa State University, Brown University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Willamette University, Stevens Institute of Technology, and the University of Southern California.
Cardinal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (200 words)
The word cardinal comes from the Latin cardo for "hinge" and usually refers to things of fundamental importance, as in cardinal rule or cardinal sins.
Cardinal (Catholicism), a member of the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church
Cardinal, Virginia, a settlement in Mathews County, Virginia
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