Davy's grey

Davy's Grey

— Colour coordinates —
Hex triplet #555555
RGBB (r, g, b) (85, 85, 85)
HSV (h, s, v) (-°, 0%, 33 [1]%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Davy's grey is a dark grey colour, made from powdered slate, iron oxide and carbon black named for Henry Davy.[2][3]

Another name for this colour is steel.[4]

The first recorded use of Davy’s grey as a colour name in English was in the 19th century (precise date uncertain).[5]


References

  1. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to h code 555555:
  2. ^ Paterson, Ian (2003), A Dictionary of Colour (1st paperback ed.), London: Thorogood (published 2004), p. 134, ISBN 1854183753, OCLC 60411025 
  3. ^ Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (2004), Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments, Butterworth-Heinemann, p. 139, ISBN 9780750657495, OCLC 56444720 
  4. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 116
  5. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194; Color Sample of Davy’s Grey: Page 117 Plate 47 Color Sample A4
Shades of grey
Grey Ash grey Battleship grey Black Cadet grey Charcoal Cool grey Davy's grey Payne's grey Silver
                   
Slate grey Taupe Purple taupe Medium taupe Rose quartz Taupe grey Timberwolf White
               
The samples shown above are only indicative.