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Iris is an ambiguous color term, usually referring to shades ranging from blue-violet to violet.. However, in certain applications, it has been applied to an even wider array of colors, including pale blue, mauve, pink, and even yellow (the color of the inner part of the iris flower).
The list shows the color swatch and its name. Hovering over the color box shows the HSV, RGB, and #hex values for the color in the tool tip. All values and conversions are in the sRGB color space, which is an inappropriate assumption for some entries.
Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel.. A rose. Rose is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV color wheel. The complementary color of rose is spring green.
The color sunset is a pale tint of orange. It is a representation of the average color of clouds when the sunlight from a sunset is reflected from them. The first recorded use of sunset as a color name in English was in 1916. [1]
The color amaranth purple is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of purple amaranth flowers. [6] The common name purple aramanth applies to two species: Amaranthus blitum and Amaranthus cruentus. The first recorded use of amaranth purple as a color name in English was in 1912. [7]
This color, Wikipedia lavender, which could be described as dull deep lavender or pale dull medium violet, is reproduced in the color box at right. I'm not inclined to believe that any of the sources refer to this as "Wikipedia link lavender", considering Wikipedia didn't exist yet.
The human eye's red-to-green and blue-to-yellow values of each one-wavelength visible color [citation needed] Human color sensation is defined by the sensitivity curves (shown here normalized) of the three kinds of cone cells: respectively the short-, medium- and long-wavelength types.
"Pink Panther", famous SAS vehicle, as was used during Dhofar Rebellion One of the anecdotal and possibly apocryphal tales told in support of Mountbatten pink was the story of the cruiser HMS Kenya (nicknamed "The Pink Lady" at the time due to her Mountbatten pink paint), which during Operation Archery covered a commando raid against installations on Vågsøy Island off the Norwegian coast.