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Ivory (color)

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Hex triplet
  
#FFFFF0

CMYK   (c, m, y, k)
  
(0, 0, 6, 0)

Source
  
X11

sRGB  (r, g, b)
  
(255, 255, 240)

HSV       (h, s, v)
  
(60°, 6%, 100%)

Ivory (color)

Ivory is an off-white color that resembles ivory, the material from 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.

The color "ivory" was included as one of the X11 colors when they were formulated in 1987.

Ivory in nature

Plants

  • The ivory-colored cymbidium is a species of orchid.

    • Birds

  • 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.


    • Craig is wrong, very very wrong.

    References

    Ivory (color) Wikipedia
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