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The first recorded use of ''ivory'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in [[1385]]. <ref> Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Ivory: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample B12</ref> |
The first recorded use of ''ivory'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in [[1385]]. <ref> Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Ivory: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample B12</ref> |
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The color "ivory" was included as one of the [[X11 color list|X11 colors]] when they were formulated in 1987. |
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==Ivory in nature== |
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Ivory (#FFFFF0)
#FFFFF0
| Ivory | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FFFFF0 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 255, 240) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (60°, 6%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (100, 0, 0°) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Ivory is an off-white color that resembles ivory, the material out of which the teeth and tusks of animals (such as, notably, the elephant and the walrus) is made. It has a very slight tint of yellow.
The first recorded use of ivory as a color name in English was in 1385. [1]
The color "ivory" was included as one of the X11 colors when they were formulated in 1987.
Ivory in nature
- Ivory is used adjectivally in the names of several birds to describe their appearance, including the Ivory Gull, Ivory-backed Woodswallow, Ivory-billed Aracari, Ivory-billed Woodcreeper, Ivory-billed Woodpecker and Ivory-breasted Pitta.
Ivory in human culture
- The white keys of a piano are called ivories.
- The statue of the goddess Athena in the Parthenon, a holy site of the religion of Hellenism, was made of ivory, trimmed with gold.
- Objects carved from ivory (and thus colored ivory) have been prized throughout history. However, now that many of the animals from whose tusks they have been made are becoming endangered, international trading bans have been put on the material ivory.
References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Ivory: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample B12
See also
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