Silver is the metallic shade resembling gray, closest to that of polished silver. The visual sensation usually associated with the metal silver is its metallic shine. This cannot be reproduced by a simple solid color, because the shiny effect is due to the material's brightness varying with the surface angle to the light source. In addition, there is no mechanism for showing metallic or fluorescent colors on a computer. Consequently in art one would normally use a metallic paint that glitters like real silver. A matte grey color like the swatch on this page would not be considered silver. [edit] History The first recorded use of silver as a color name in English was in 1481.[1] [edit] Color definitions [edit] Web color silver Since version 3.2 of HTML "silver" is a name for one of the 16 basic-VGA-colors. - HTML-example:
<body bgcolor="silver"> - CSS-example:
body { background-color:silver; }
[edit] Pale silver | Pale silver | | — Color coordinates — | | Hex triplet | #C9C0BB | | RGBB | (r, g, b) | (201, 192, 187) | | HSV | (h, s, v) | (0°, 0%, 80%) | | Source | Crayola | B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
| | Pale silver is the color called silver in Crayola crayons. It is not a neutral grayscale color, but is a warm gray with an extremely slight tone of orange-red.
[edit] Silver in nature [edit] Minerals [edit] Plants - A silver fir is a valuable timber tree that originated in Europe.[4]
- A silver maple is characterized by lacy, delicate leaves that are lighter grayish-green on the underside. These trees get their name from the shimmering effect the two-toned leaves give when fluttering in a breeze.
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[edit] In human culture Aphorisms Art Film Gerontology Heraldry - In heraldry there is no distinction between silver and white, represented as "argent".
- In English heraldry argent (silver) or white signified brightness, purity, virtue, or innocence. [6]
Literature Music Panelology Parapsychology Politics Real Estate Robotics Sports [edit] See also [edit] References - ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Silver: Page 97 Plate 37 Color Sample A2
- ^ "W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, HTML4 color keywords". W3.org. http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#html4. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ Asimov, Isaac Atom: Journey Across the Subatomic Cosmos New York:1992 Plume (Penguin)
- ^ a b c d Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachuetts, U.S.A.:1984--Merriam-Webster Page 1098
- ^ Debra J. Saunders (2008-03-11). "“Everyone’s Mortgage Crisis”—Debra J. Saunders’ column in the Tue. March 11, 2008 ''San Francisco Chronicle'' about the Social Security and Medicare Entitlement Crisis:". Sfgate.com. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/11/ED5HVH87G.DTL&hw=Debra+Saunders&sn=003&sc=862. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
- ^ The American Girls Handy Book, p.369
- ^ Greenhouse, Herbert B. The Astral Journey New York:1975 Doubleday Page 46
- ^ Silverdome Sells for $583,000:
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