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Silver (color)

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This box shows the color silver.
 
A nugget of silver

Silver is the other color of the metal silver. It is a grayish-white color.

The first written use of silver as a color name in English was in 1481.[1]

Meaning of silver

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  • Like the other color gold, silver represents wealth because the metal silver is valuable, although not quite as valuable as gold.

Tones of silver color comparison chart

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Name Color HEX Code Red Green Blue Hue Sat Lum Source
Light Silver #D8D8D8 216 216 216 60° 0% 85%
Pale Silver #C9C0BB 201 192 187 021° 11% 76% (Crayola Silver)
Silver #C0C0C0 192 192 192 000° 0% 75% (web color)
New Silver #BFB8A5 191 184 165 044° 17% 70% (ISCC-NBS)
Old Silver #848482 132 132 130 060° 1% 51% (ISCC-NBS)
Dark Silver #71706E 113 112 117 110° 40% 3%
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References

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  1. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Silver: Page 97 Plate 37 Color Sample A2