Coral (color)

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The various shades of the color coral are representations of the wide range of colors of the class of cnidarians also called corals.

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Coral

1 Coral
2 Light Coral
3 Coral Pink
4 Coral Red
5 Shades of Coral Color Comparison Chart
6 Coral in Human Culture
7 See also

[edit] Coral

Coral
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FF7F50
RGB^a	(r, g, b)	(255, 127, 80)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(16°, 69%, 100%)
a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color coral is a light orange color. It is displayed at right.

[edit] Light Coral

Light Coral
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#F08080
RGB^a	(r, g, b)	(240, 128, 128)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(16°, 59%, 100%)
a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color light coral is displayed at right.

[edit] Coral Pink

Coral Pink
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#F88379
RGB^a	(r, g, b)	(248, 131, 121)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(16°, 69%, 100%)
a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color coral pink is displayed at right, a pinkish orange color. This is perhaps the most common color for corals.

The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955), a Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See sample of the color Coral Pink (color sample #26) displayed on indicated page: [1].

[edit] Coral Red

Coral Red
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#FF4040
RGB^a	(r, g, b)	(255, 64, 64)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(3°, 82%, 100%)
a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color coral red is displayed at right. This is a representation of the color of red corals.

[edit] Shades of Coral Color Comparison Chart

Coral Pink (Hex: #F88379) (RGB: 248, 131, 121)
Light Coral (web color) (Hex: #F08080) (RGB: 240, 128, 128)
CORAL (web color) (Hex: #FF7F50) (RGB: 255, 127, 80)
Coral Red (Hex: #FF4040) (RGB: 255, 64, 64)

[edit] Coral in Human Culture

In some sects of Hinduism, coral red instead of red is shown as being the color which represents the first (muladhara) chakra in Hindu philosophy.

					Shades of orange
Orange	Amber	Coral	Dark salmon	Gamboge	International orange	Mahogany	Peach	Peach-orange	Peach-yellow	Pink-orange	Pumpkin

Rust	Safety orange	Salmon	Tangerine	Tenné (Tawny)	UNECE Amber	Vermilion	Burnt Orange	Apricot	Carrot Orange	Orange Peel	Orange (web)

		Shades of pink
Pink	Carnation	Fuchsia	Magenta	Salmon Pink

Deep Pink	Hollywood Cerise	Hot Pink	Medium Pink	Shocking Pink

Coral Pink

					Shades of red
Alizarin	Burgundy	Cardinal	Carmine	Cerise	Chestnut	Crimson	Falu red	Fuchsia	Magenta	Maroon	Mauve

Red	Red-violet	Rust	Puce	Sangria	Scarlet	Terra cotta	Vermilion	Amaranth	Rose	Hollywood Cerise	Shocking Pink

Coral Red