Salmon is a range of pale pinkish-orange to light pink colors, named after the color of salmon flesh. Actual salmon color varies from almost white to deep red, depending on their levels of the carotenoid astaxanthin due to how rich a diet of krill and shrimp the fish feeds on; the salmon raised on fish farms are given artificial coloring in their food.[1]
Salmon (#FA8072)
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Light salmon
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| Hex triplet | #FFA07A | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (255, 160, 122) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (14°, 62%, 100%) |
| Source | [2][3] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The web color light salmon is displayed at the right.
Salmon
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| Hex triplet | #FA8072 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (250, 128, 114) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (14°, 52%, 100%) |
| Source | [2][3] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The web color salmon is displayed at the right.
The first recorded use of salmon as a color name in English was in 1776. [4]
Dark salmon
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| Hex triplet | #E9967A | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (233, 150, 122) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (15°, 48%, 91%) |
| Source | [2][3] | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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The web color dark salmon is displayed at the right. It is a color that resembles the color Salmon, but is darker. Like the web colors light salmon and salmon shown above, it is used in HTML and CSS.
Shades of salmon color comparison chart
- Light Salmon (web color) (Hex: #FFA07A) (RGB: 255, 160, 122)
- Salmon (web color) (Hex: #FA8072) (RGB: 250, 128, 114)
- Dark Salmon (web color) (Hex: #E9967A) (RGB: 233, 150, 122)
References
- ^ "Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition on the use of canthaxanthin in feedingstuffs for salmon and trout, laying hens, and other poultry." (PDF). European Commission - Health & Consumer Protection Directorate. pp. 6–7. http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scan/out81_en.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-31.
- ^ a b c W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, SVG color keywords
- ^ a b c W3C TR SVG 1.0, recognized color keyword names
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Salmon: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample A7
See also
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| Amber | Apricot | Carrot orange | Champagne | Coral | Brown | Burnt orange | Dark salmon | ECE/SAE Amber | Gamboge |
| International orange | Mahogany | Orange | Orange (web) | Orange-red | Orange peel | Peach | Peach-orange | Peach-yellow | Persimmon |
| Pink-orange | Portland Orange | Pumpkin | Rust | Safety orange | Salmon | Tangerine | Tenné (Tawny) | Tomato | Vermilion |
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