Rust (color)

Rust

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #B7410E
RGBB (r, g, b) (183, 65, 14)
HSV (h, s, v) (18°, 92%, 72%)
Source Internet
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Rust is a red-brown-orange color resembling iron oxide. It is a commonly used color in stage lighting, and appears roughly the same color as photographic safelights when used over a standard tungsten light source. The color is number 777 in the Lee Filters swatch book.

The first recorded use of rust as a color name in English was in 1692. [1]

Origin

Rust is named after the resulting phenomenon of the oxidation of iron. The word 'rust' finds its etymological origins in the Proto-Germanic word rusta, which translates to "redness." The word is closely related to the term "ruddy," which also refers to a reddish coloring in an object.

References

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Rust: Page 35 Plate 6 Color Sample A12

See also

Shades of orange
Amber Apricot Atomic tangerine Bittersweet Brown Burnt orange Carrot orange Champagne Coral Dark salmon
                   
Deep carrot orange ECE/SAE Amber Flame Gamboge Gold Gold (metallic) International orange Lion Mahogany Old gold
                   
Orange Orange (web) Orange-red Orange peel Papaya whip Peach Peach-orange Peach-yellow Persian orange
                 
Portland Orange Princeton orange Pumpkin Rust Safety orange Salmon Satin sheen gold Sunset Tangelo
                 
Tangerine Tea rose Tenné Tomato Vermilion
         
The samples shown above are only indicative.
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 brown
Auburn Beaver Beige Bistre Bole Bronze Brown Buff Burgundy Burnt sienna
                   
Burnt umber Camel Chamoisee Chestnut Chocolate Citrine Coffee Copper Cordovan Desert sand
                   
Earth yellow Ecru Fallow Fawn Field drab Fulvous Isabelline Khaki Lion Liver
                   
Mahogany Maroon Ochre Raw umber Redwood Rufous Russet Rust Sand Sandy brown
                   
Seal brown Sepia Sienna Sinopia Tan Taupe Tawny Umber Wenge Wheat
                   
The samples shown above are only indicative.