Gold (color)
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Gold, also called golden is a yellowish orange color which is a representation of the color of the element gold.
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[edit] Golden (web color gold)
| Golden | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #FFD700 | |
| RGBa | (r, g, b) | (255, 215, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (51°, 100%, 100%) |
| a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
The web color gold, which is displayed at right, (which is sometimes also called orange-yellow[meaning "orangish yellow"]) is traditionally referred to as golden in order to distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is confined to referring to the color "metallic gold" (shown below).
The first recorded use of golden as a color name in English was in the year 1300 to refer to the element gold and in 1423 to refer to blonde hair.[1] +
[edit] Gold (metallic gold)
| Metallic Gold | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #D4AF37 | |
| RGBa | (r, g, b) | (212, 175, 55) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (51°, 67%, 72%) |
| a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
At right is displayed a representation of the color metallic gold (the color traditionally known as gold) which is a simulation of the color of the actual metallic element gold itself.
The source of this color is the SCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955), a color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See color sample of the color Gold (Color Sample Gold (T) #84) displayed on indicated web page: [1]
The distinctive sheen of a metallic color cannot be indicated on a computer screen as the web color display process has no mechanism for indicating metallic or fluorescent colors.
The first recorded use of gold as a color name in English was in the year 1400.[2]
[edit] Web color gold vs. metallic gold
The American Heritage® Dictionary defines the color metallic gold as: "A light olive-brown to dark yellow, or a moderate, strong to vivid yellow."
Of course, the visual sensation usually associated with the metal gold is its metallic shine. This cannot be reproduced by a simple solid color, because the shiny effect is due to the material's reflective brightness varying with the surface's angle to the light source.
This is why in art use would usually be made of a metallic paint that glitters in an approximation of real gold; a solid color like that of the cell displayed in the box to the right does not aesthetically "read" as gold. Especially in sacral art in Christian churches, real gold (in form of gold leaf) was used for rendering gold in paintings, e. g. for the halo of saints. Gold can also be woven into sheets of silk to give an east-asian traditional look.
More recent art styles, e.g. Art Nouveau also made use of metallic, shining gold color; however, the metallic finish of such paints was added using fine aluminum powder and pigment rather than actual gold.
[edit] Metallic gold in interior design
There are three colors of Metallic Gold paint for coloring interior or exterior trim that are especially popular in San Francisco to use for trim in or on Victorian houses: Old Gold (a coppery gold color), Rich Gold (a bright metallic golden color), and Bright Gold (a yellowish gold color that looks like the color of brass). These metallic gold colors are sometimes called Byzantine Colors because of their popularity in the Byzantine Empire.
[edit] Golden yellow
| Golden yellow | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #FFDF00 | |
| RGBa | (r, g, b) | (255, 223, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (52.5°, 100%, 100%) |
| a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
Golden yellow is the color halfway between amber and yellow. It is a color that is 87.5% yellow and 12.5% red.
The first recorded use of golden yellow as a color name in English was in the year 1597. [3]
[edit] Golden poppy
| Golden poppy | ||
|---|---|---|
| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #FCC200 | |
| RGBa | (r, g, b) | (252, 194, 0) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (47°, 99%, 97%) |
| a: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | ||
Golden poppy is a shade of golden that is the color of the California poppy-- the official state flower of California--the Golden State.
The first recorded use of golden poppy as a color name in English was in 1927. [4]
The source of this color is a color sample taken from the Wikipedia article on the California poppy.
[edit] Shades of golden color comparison chart
- Old Lace (web color) (Hex: #FFA6C9) (RGB: 245, 245, 220)
- Linen (web color) (Hex: #FAF0E6) (RGB: 250, 240, 230)
- Cornsilk (web color) (Hex: #FFF8DC) (RGB: 255, 248, 220)
- Beige (web color) (Hex: #F5F5DC) (RGB: 245, 245, 220)
- Cream (Hex: #FFFDD0) (RGB: 255, 253, 208)
- Lemon Cream (web color) (Hex: #FFFACD) (RGB: 255, 250, 205)
- Pale Goldenrod (web color) (Hex: #EEE8AA) (RGB: 238, 232, 170)
- Wheat (web color) (Hex: #F5DEB3) (RGB: 245, 222, 179)
- Dandelion (Crayola) (Hex: #FED85D) (RGB: 254, 216, 93)
- Mustard (Hex: #FFDB58) (RGB: 255, 219, 88)
- Medium Goldenrod (Crayola Goldenrod) (Hex: #FCD667) (RGB: 252, 214, 103)
- Corn (Hex: #FBEC5D) (RGB: 251, 236, 93)
- Lemon Yellow (Lemon) Hex: #FDE910) (RGB: 253, 233, 16)
- Golden Yellow (Hex: #FFDF00) (RGB: 255, 223, 0)
- School Bus Yellow (Hex: #FFD800) (RGB: 255, 216, 0)
- GOLDEN (web color Gold) (Hex: #FFD700) (RGB: 255, 215, 0)
- Sunglow (Crayola) (Hex: #FFCC33) (RGB: 255, 204, 51)
- Tangerine Yellow (Hex: #FFCC00) (RGB: 255, 204, 0)
- Saffron (Hex: #F4C430) (RGB: 244, 196, 48)
- Golden Poppy (Hex: #FCC200) (RGB: 252, 194, 0)
- Amber (Hex: #FFBF00) (RGB: 255, 191, 0)
- Selective Yellow (Hex: #FFBA00) (RGB: 255, 186, 0)
- Macaroni and Cheese (Crayola) (Hex: #FFB79B) (RGB: 255, 185, 123)
- Sandy Brown (web color) (Hex: #F4A460) (RGB: 244, 164, 96)
- Desert Sand (Crayola) (Hex: #EDC9AF) (RGB: 237, 201, 175)
- Pale Gold (Crayola Gold) (Hex: #E6BE8A) (RGB: 230, 190, 138)
- Brass (Hex: #C3A368) (RGB: 195, 163, 104)
- Old Gold (Hex: #CFB53B) (RGB: 207, 181, 59)
- Metallic Gold (Hex: #D4AF37) (RGB: 212, 175, 55)
- Goldenrod (web color) (Hex: #DAA520) (RGB: 218, 165, 32)
- Peru (web color) (Hex: #CD853F) (RGB: 205, 133, 63)
- Ochre (Hex: #CC7722) (RGB: 204, 119, 34)
- Dark Goldenrod (web color) (Hex: #b8860B) (RGB: 184, 134, 11)
- Sandy Taupe (Hex: #967117) (RGB: 150, 113, 23)
- Raw Umber (Hex: #734A12) (RGB: 115, 74, 18)
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[edit] Golden in human culture
- Beer is poetically called the golden brew.
- The Golden Eagle is a Northern Hemisphere bird of prey.
- Lions are colored golden in art as a symbol of monarchy. The golden Lion was the symbol of the British Empire and is on the Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.
- The artist Gustav Klimt often used the color metallic gold in his paintings.
- Metallic gold was often used in Byzantine art.
- The golden ratio is often used in art, graphic design, and architecture, as well as appearing in nature among living things.
- The highest award for achievement in many fields is called the Gold Medal.
- In finance, golden symbolizes of course the element Gold, the standard of monetary value throughout human history.
- In marketing, the term Gold Standard refers to a product that so satisfies the consumer that it functions as a standard for all other products of the same type.
- In human resources, a business executive or professional who has an employment contract that gives them a generous severance pay is said to have a golden parachute.
- In advertising for the Union Pacific Railroad in the 1950s, the southwestern states of the United States served by the Union Pacific were collectively called The Golden Empire because the railroad's diesel engines were and are colored golden, red, and black. Ads with maps showing the Union Pacific's Golden Empire colored golden were placed in many popular mass-circulation magazines.
- Blonde hair in women (or sometimes men) is sometimes referred to poetically as golden. It is estimated by geneticists that the gene for blond hair originated about 3000 BC in the area now known as Lithuania among the recently arrived Aryan (Proto-Indo-European) settlers of the area (Lithuania is still the country that has the highest percentage of people with blonde hair); it is thought the gene spread quickly through sexual selection into Scandinavia when that area was settled because men found women with blond hair attractive.[5][6]
- A past era during which the highest quality art was produced or in mythology during which humans were believed to have lived a Utopian lifestyle, is called a golden age.
- In K-12 education, when students do well on an assignment, the teacher sometimes gives them a gold star by their name on the classroom bulletin board.
- On 26 September 1580, Sir Francis Drake returned to England, becoming the second person to circumnavigate the globe. His ship was called the Golden Hinde.
- Common golden foods include maize (the grain that is called corn in America), sweet potatoes (their interior flesh), butternut squash, and so-called white wine and "white" grape juice.
- California is called the Golden State because California is where the California Gold Rush began in 1849.
- The Golden Gate (the strait that connects the Pacific Ocean to San Francisco Bay), was named on 1 July 1846 by explorer John C. Frémont who wrote, "To this Gate I gave the name of "Chrysopylae", or "Golden Gate"; for the same reasons that the harbor of Byzantium was called Chrysoceras, or Golden Horn."[7]
- The Golden Gate Bridge is cited by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
- Golden, Colorado, a suburb of Denver, is most noted for being the headquarters of the Coors Brewing Company.
- In ancient Sanskrit, the area we now call Southeast Asia (including both mainland Southeast Asia and the area now known as Maritime Asia [i.e., Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines) was referred to by the people of ancient India as Suvarnadvipa, which means Goldenland (suvarnad=golden; vipa=land).
- In the traditional national anthem of Iran, Iran is called our golden country. The first lines of the anthem are: "Oh Iran, our golden country, your land is the wellspring of art. Let the thoughts of your enemies be far from you." [8]
- Golden represents the warmth of the sun, and because of this it is the favorite color for painting kitchens because many feel that having their breakfast and morning coffee in a golden kitchen gives them the energy they need to start the day.
- Golden is a warm color that can both provide not only a bright and cheerful feeling but also a somber, traditional, and religious aura. Golden tends to go well with earth colors, but it can also enrich a palette of red or burgundy.
- The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius, written in the second century AD, is a classic satire of life in the Roman Empire.
- Golden is an American rock band formed in 1993.
- Golden (CD/DVD) is a 2004 album by the space rock group Failure.
- Comic books published between 1938 (the first ones) and 1945 are called Golden Age comic books.
- In the philosophy of Ancient Greece, the golden mean (moderation in all things) was accepted as a basic tenet of most Greek philosophy.
- A person who attains notoriety at a young age in a their chosen profession is called a golden boy or a golden girl .
- Statues of Buddha are usually painted metallic gold, are made of the metal gold, or have gold plating. Theravada Buddhist monks wear saffron robes, a color close to golden. The Golden Pavilion is a notable Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Kinki, Japan.
- The Golden Mosque in Samarra, Iraq, a Shiite Muslim holy site (constructed in 944) was the target of the Golden Mosque bombing on 22 February 2006.
- The colors golden and/or amber are associated with Zoroastrianism because of its practice of fire worship in fire temples (actually, the holy fire is simply a representation of the energy of God [ Ahura Mazda ] ).
- The Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, India, is the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
- The Oakland California Temple is the only Mormon temple which has five spires that are all gold plated, and that has a celestial room faced in gold colored marble.
- The Secret of the Golden Flower is an important religious text in Daoism.
- In all world religions, the golden rule is promulgated as a basic standard of human conduct.
- In gay culture, a golden boy is a handsome young man in the prime of youth between ages 18 and 23, such as the young men who appear in Beefcake magazines.
- To those who are practitioners of BDSM sex, the practice of urolagnia is known as golden showers.
- In lesbian culture, a gold star or golden star is a woman who has only had same-sex sexual intercourse. This term was popularized by the TV series The L Word.
School colors Schools which use gold as a school color include:
Sorority colors Sororities which use gold as a school color include:
- The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States.
- The Gold Star was the highest state decoration in the Soviet Union and remains so in several post-Soviet states.
- Gold (or names containing the word Gold) is a common surname among people of Jewish ancestry of European ancestry (Ashkenazi Jews).
- Germany and Belgium are the only nations that use the color golden in their flags.
- The Holy Roman Empire, which existed from 800 to 1806, had a golden flag with a black single-headed Imperial Eagle on the field, the origin of the use of the color golden in the German and Belgian flags.
- The Byzantine Empire from 1261 until its collapse in 1453 had a flag that had a black double-headed eagle on a field of golden. This flag is still used today as the flag of the Mount Athos autonomous region in Greece. (The flag is depicted in the Wikipedia articles as having a background of yellow, but it is more usually depicted as having a background of golden.)
- The Hispanic Flag an ethnic flag that is golden and purple on a white background (This flag is sometimes also called the Flag of the Americas when used on a non-ethnic basis to symbolically represent the combined geographical area of North America and South America together.): [2]
[edit] References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color sample of golden yellow: Page 43--Plate 10 Color Sample L7
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample: Golden Poppy Page 41 Plate 9 Color Sample L12
- ^ Cavalli-Sforza, L. Luca; Menozzi, Paolo; and Piazza Alberto The History and Geography of Human Genes Princeton, New Jersey: 1994 Princeton University Press Page 266
- ^ Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
- ^ Gudde, Erwin G. California Place Names (2004) University of California Press, London, England. ISBN 0-520-24217-3.
- ^ Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood New York:2003 Pantheon (Random House) ISBN 0-375-42230-7 Page 83
[edit] See also
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