Ruby (color)

Ruby
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#E0115F
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(224, 17, 95)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(337°, 92%, 88[1]%)
Source		Maerz and Paul [2]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

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

Contents 1 Variations of ruby 1.1 Rubine red 1.2 Ruby red 1.3 Big dip o’ruby 1.4 Antique ruby 1.5 Deep ruby 2 Ruby in human culture 3 References 4 See also 5 External links

Variations of ruby

Rubine red

Rubine Red
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#D10056
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(209, 0, 86)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(335°, 100%, 82[4]%)
Source		Pantone
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the Pantone color rubine red.

Ruby red

Ruby Red
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#9B111E
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(155, 17, 30)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(354°, 89%, 61[5]%)
Source		RAL
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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 color list first originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.

Big dip o’ruby

Big Dip O’Ruby
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#9C2542
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(156, 37, 66)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(345°, 76%, 61[6]%)
Source		Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.

Antique ruby

Antique Ruby
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#841B2D
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(132, 27, 45)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(350°, 80%, 52[7]%)
Source		ISCC NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color antique ruby.

The first recorded use of antique ruby as a color name in English was in 1926. ^[8]

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
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(132, 63, 91)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(336°, 52%, 52[9]%)
Source		BS 381
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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 human culture

Computer programming

• Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language used to program websites in Ruby on Rails, a free web application framework.

Film

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

Religion

• In the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, it is believed that within the Ascended Masters there is a special subcommittee called The Fellowship of the Ruby Ray that deals with Earth-Nirvana affairs--this committee was formed by Padmasambhava (a buddha who is said to be Earth's liaison with Nirvana) and also includes Sanat Kumara, Gautama Buddha, Maitreya, and the Master Jesus. ^[10]

References

1. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #EO115F (Ruby):
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ 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
4. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color # D10056 (Rubine Red):
5. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color # 9B111E (Ruby Red):
6. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #9C2542 (Big Dip O’Ruby):
7. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #841B2D (Antique Ruby):
8. ^ 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
9. ^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #843F5B (Deep Ruby):
10. ^ Prophet, Elizabeth Clare and Prophet, Mark (as compiled by Annice Booth) The Masters and Their Retreats Corwin Springs, Montana:2003 Summit University Press--Padmasambhava Pages 258-263

See also

• List of colors

External links

• All About Rubies:

Shades of red
Amaranth	Auburn	Burgundy	Cardinal	Carmine	Cerise	Chestnut	Crimson	Dark red	Electric crimson
Fire brick	Flame	Folly	Fuchsia	Lust	Magenta	Raspberry	Red	Red-violet	Redwood
Rose	Rosewood	Ruby	Rust	Scarlet	Terra cotta	Tuscan red	Vermilion	Wine
The samples shown above are only indicative.

Shades of pink
Amaranth	Amaranth pink	Apricot	Brink pink	Carmine	Carnation pink	Cerise	Coral pink	Deep carmine	Deep pink
Fandango	French rose	Fuchsia	Hollywood cerise	Hot magenta	Hot pink	Lavender pink	Magenta	Peach	Persian Rose
Pink	Puce	Rose	Rose pink	Ruby	Salmon	Shocking pink	Thulian pink	Ultra pink
The samples shown above are only indicative.