Lava (color)
Lava is a color that is a shade of orange. It is named after the color of volcanic lava.
Lava
#CF1020
33 ft (10 m) high fountain of lava, Hawaii, United States
This is the color (color #CF1020, shown at right) of fresh lava pouring out of a volcano.
The first recorded use of lava as a color name in English was in 1891.[1]
Variations of lava
Dark lava
Lava that has congealed into igneous rock at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho, United States
| Lava (ISCC-NBS) | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #483C32 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (72, 60, 50) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (27°, 31%, 28%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (26, 11, 47°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS (color sample #81) |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark grayish yellowish brown |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The color dark lava is the color of lava that has cooled and begun to congeal into igneous rock.
References
- Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Lava: Page 39 Plate 8 Color Sample E7.
See also
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