Lava (color)
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Lava (#CF1020)
Lava is a color that is a shade of red. It is named after the color of volcanic lava.
This is the color (color #CF1020, shown at right) of fresh lava pouring out of a volcano.
The first recorded use of lava as a color name in English was in 1892.[1]
Variations of lava
Dark lava
Lava that has congealed into igneous rock at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho, United States
| Lava (ISCC-NBS) | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates |
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| Hex triplet | #483C32 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (72, 60, 50) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 17, 31, 72) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (27°, 31%, 28[2]%) |
| Source | ISCC NBS (color sample #81) |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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The color dark lava is the color of lava that has cooled and begun to congeal into igneous rock.
References
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Lava: Page 39 Plate 8 Color Sample E7.
- ↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #483C32
