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Possible lightness values are 15% through 90% in steps of 5% for monochromatic shades of grey (i.e. C = 0%) and 20% through 90% in steps of 10% and additionally 85% and 93%. Chroma values are also mostly confined to steps of 10% or 5%, but with some exceptions, and the maximum value varies.
Taupe is a vague color term which may refer to almost any grayish brown or brownish gray, but true taupe is difficult to pinpoint as brown or gray. [ 1 ] According to the Dictionary of Color , the first use of "taupe" as a color name in English was in the early 19th century; but the earliest citation recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary is ...
An achromatic gray is a gray color in which the red, green, and blue codes are exactly equal. The web colors gray, gainsboro, light gray, dark gray, and dim gray are all achromatic colors. A chromatic gray is a gray color in which the red, green, and blue codes are not exactly equal, but are close to each other, which is what makes it a shade ...
Magenta is variously defined as a purplish-red, reddish-purple, or a mauvish–crimson color. On color wheels of the RGB and CMY color models, it is located midway between red and blue, opposite green. Complements of magenta are evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 500–530 nm.
The color taupe is a representation of the average color of the fur of the French mole. [20] At a hue of 30, it is classified as an orange-brown. The color displayed at right matches the color sample called taupe referenced below in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color .
Color wheel with Irish color terms, explaining that the difference between glas ('light blue/gray/green') and gorm ('deep blue/gray/green') is based on intensity rather than hue. Similarly, rua refers to deep reds while dearg refers to bright reds, and geal , bán and fionn all refer to varying degrees of brightness or "fairness", without ...
The color displayed at right matches the color sample called taupe referenced below in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color, the world standard for color terms before the invention of computers. However, the word taupe is currently often used to refer to lighter shades of taupe, and therefore another name for this color is dark taupe.
Colors resembling gray. This category is for all varieties, not only shades in the technical sense. See also the categories Shades of black and shades of white