Ruby (color)

This article is about the color. For other uses, see Ruby (disambiguation).

"Ruby red" redirects here. For other uses, see Ruby red (disambiguation).

Ruby

A natural ruby
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E0115F
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(224, 17, 95)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(0, 92, 57, 12)
HSV (h, s, v)	(337°, 92%, 88^[1]%)
Source	Maerz and Paul^[2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Ruby is a color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished ruby gemstone and is a shade of red or pink. The somewhat deeper color of the uncut, unpolished ruby crystal is called rubelite.

Origins

The first recorded use of ruby as a color name in English was in 1572.^[3]

Variations of ruby

Rubine red

Rubine Red

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#D10056
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(209, 0, 86)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(0, 100, 59, 18)
HSV (h, s, v)	(335°, 100%, 82^[4]%)
Source	^[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the Pantone color rubine red.

Ruber

Ruber

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#CE4676
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(206, 70, 118)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(0, 66, 43, 19)
HSV (h, s, v)	(339°, 66%, 81^[5]%)
Source	ISCC NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

At right is displayed the color ruber.

The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Ruber (color sample #254).

Medium ruby

Ruby (Crayola)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#AA4069
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(170, 64, 105)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(0, 62, 38, 33)
HSV (h, s, v)	(337°, 62%, 67^[6]%)
Source	Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Medium ruby is the color called ruby in Crayola Gem Tones, a specialty set of crayons introduced by the Crayola company in 1994.

Ruby red

Ruby Red

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9B111E
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(155, 17, 30)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(0, 89, 81, 39)
HSV (h, s, v)	(354°, 89%, 61^[7]%)
Source	RAL
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color ruby red.

This is one of the colors in the RAL color matching system, a color system widely used in Europe. The RAL color list originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.

Big dip o'ruby

Big Dip O'Ruby

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9C2542
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(156, 37, 66)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(0, 76, 58, 39)
HSV (h, s, v)	(345°, 76%, 61^[8]%)
Source	Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the color big dip o'ruby.

Big dip o'ruby is one of the colors in the special set of metallic Crayola crayons called Metallic FX, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 2001.

This is supposed to be a metallic color. However, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a flat computer screen.

Antique ruby

Antique Ruby

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#841B2D
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(132, 27, 45)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(0, 80, 66, 48)
HSV (h, s, v)	(350°, 80%, 52^[9]%)
Source	ISCC NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

At right is displayed the color antique ruby.

The first recorded use of antique ruby as a color name in English was in 1926.^[10]

The color antique ruby is a dark tone of ruby.

The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Antique Ruby (color sample #13).

Deep ruby

Ruby (BS 381)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#843F5B
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(132, 63, 91)
CMYK^H (c, m, y, k)	(0, 52, 31, 48)
HSV (h, s, v)	(336°, 52%, 52^[11]%)
Source	BS 381
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is deep tone of ruby that is called ruby in the British Standards 381 color list. This color is #542 on the 381 color list. The 381 color list is for colors used in identification, coding, and other special purposes. The British Standard color lists were first formulated in 1930 and reached their present form in 1955.

Ruby in nature

The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a small hummingbird. It is the only species of hummingbird that regularly nests east of the Mississippi River in North America.
Infrared light in the portion of the spectrum where it is still visible to humans (out to approximately 1050 nanometers) appears ruby red. Starting at about 660 nm in the visible red, a monochromatic source such as an LED or laser begins to look very slightly purplish, gradually becoming more so as the wavelength increases. Below about 900 nm, the color is more purple than red, similar to some of the color samples on this page.

Ruby in culture

Film

The ruby slippers are the magical shoes worn by Dorothy Gale (played by Judy Garland) in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz.

References

↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #EO115F (Ruby): Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ruby in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color ruby is displayed on page 35, Plate 6, Color Sample G6.
↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Ruby: Page 35 Plate 6 Color Sample G6
↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color # D10056 (Rubine Red): Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #CE4676 (Ruber):
↑ web.Forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to color #AA4069 (Medium Ruby): Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color # 9B111E (Ruby Red): Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #9C2542 (Big Dip O'Ruby): Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #841B2D (Antique Ruby): Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 189; Color Sample of Antique Ruby: Page 35 Plate 6 Color Sample L6
↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #843F5B (Deep Ruby): Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.

Shades of red

Alizarin crimson	Amaranth	American rose	Auburn	Burgundy	Cardinal	Carmine	Carnelian	Cerise	Coquelicot

Crimson	Dark red	Electric crimson	Fire brick	Flame	Folly	Fuchsia	Indian red	Lava	Lust

Magenta	Maroon	Mahogany	Oxblood	Pink	Raspberry	Red	Red-violet	Redwood	Rose

Rosewood	Rosso corsa	Ruby	Rust	Scarlet	Terra cotta	Turkey red	Tuscan red	Tyrian purple	Venetian red

Vermilion	Wine

A typical sample is shown for each name; however, a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

Shades of pink

Amaranth	Amaranth pink	Baker-Miller Pink	Brink pink	Carmine	Carnation pink	Cerise	Coral pink	Crimson	Cyclamen

Deep carmine	Deep pink	Fandango	Folly	French rose	Fuchsia	Hollywood cerise	Hot magenta	Hot pink	Lavender pink

Magenta	Mauve	Mexican pink	Mountbatten pink	Persian rose	Pink	Puce	Rose	Rose pink	Ruby

Salmon pink	Shocking pink	Thulian pink	Ultra pink

A typical sample is shown for each name; however, a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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