🎶 и𝖊𝖜 🎶 A-Z Color Game

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Red

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite
violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the
RGB color model and a secondary color (made from magenta and yellow) in the CMYK color model, and
is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to
bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy.

Red pigment made from ochre was one of the first colors used in prehistoric art. The Ancient Egyptians
and Mayans colored their faces red in ceremonies; Roman generals had their bodies colored red to
celebrate victories. It was also an important color in China, where it was used to color early pottery and
later the gates and walls of palaces: In the Renaissance, the brilliant red costumes for the nobility
and wealthy were dyed with kermes and cochineal.

The 19th century brought the introduction of the first synthetic red dyes, which replaced the traditional
dyes. Red became a symbolic color of communism and socialism; Soviet Russia adopted a red flag
following the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, until the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Communist
China adopted the red flag following the Chinese Revolution of 1949. It was adopted by North Vietnam
in 1954, and by all of Vietnam in 1975.

Since red is the color of blood, it has historically been associated with sacrifice, danger, and courage.
Modern surveys in Europe and the United States show red is also the color most commonly associated
with heat, activity, passion, sexuality, anger, love, and joy. In China, India, and many other Asian countries
it is the color symbolizing happiness and good fortune.

 

[Beowulf25]

Saffron

 

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Tiffany Blue

Tiffany Blue is the colloquial name for the light medium robin egg blue color associated with Tiffany & Co.,
the New York City jewelry company created by Charles Tiffany and John Young in 1837. The color was used
on the cover of Tiffany's Blue Book, first published in 1845. Since then, Tiffany & Co. has used the color
extensively on promotional materials like boxes and bags.

Since 1998, the Tiffany Blue color has been registered as a color trademark by Tiffany & Co.

It is produced as a private custom color by Pantone, with PMS number 1837, the number deriving from the
year of Tiffany's foundation.

 

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UA Blue

 

[miok222]

Verdigris

 

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Wintergreen Dream

 

[Beowulf25]

Xanadu

 

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Yellow-Orange

 

[BikerBoy]

Zinnwaldite Brown

 

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Amber

The color amber is a pure chroma color, located on the color wheel midway between the colors of yellow and
orange. The color name is derived from the material also known as amber, which is commonly found in a
range of yellow-orange-brown-red colors; likewise, as a color amber can refer to a range of yellow-orange colors.

In English, the first recorded use of the term as a color name, rather than a reference to the specific substance,
was in 1500.

Amber is one of several technically defined colors used in automotive signal lamps. In North America, SAE
standard J578 governs the colorimetry of vehicle lights, while outside North America the internationalized
European ECE regulations hold force. Both standards designate a range of orange-yellow hues in the CIE color
space as "amber".

SAE/ECE amber​

In the past, the ECE amber definition was more restrictive than the SAE definition, but the current ECE
definition is identical to the more permissive SAE standard. The SAE formally uses the term "yellow amber",
though the color is most often referred to as "yellow". This is not the same as selective yellow, a color used
in some fog lamps and headlamps.

 

[Beowulf25]

Beige

 

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Cambridge Blue

Cambridge Blue is the colour commonly used by sports teams from the University of Cambridge. There is
contextual and historical variation. The colour used since the mid-20th century by Cambridge University
Boat Club is greener than that used by Cambridge University R.U.F.C. (in rugby union). This rowing colour
was created when Alf Twinn, the boatman from 1934 to 1984, added more yellow to this shade, reportedly
to distinguish it from the rugby club's colour.

The Cambridge University official colour style guide defines Cambridge Blue as Pantone 557 C; with RGB
values of R 133, G 176, B 154.

This colour has evolved into a medium tone of spring green. Spring green colours are colours with an h code
(hue code) of between 135 and 165; this colour has an h code of 140, putting it within the range of spring green
colours on the RGB colour wheel.

University of Cambridge Development and Alumni Relations has endorsed a selection of clothing retailers
restricting their goods to proven alumni. Their main colours range from Cambridge Navy: with red bands, or
the university crests; through to a shade of Cambridge Blue (sometimes with Cambridge Navy bands) in the
case of the main silk tie achieved through darkened Cambridge Blue and white interweaving.

Other colours selected for the iconic bands and stripes of the house styles are white, black, and Pantone 285
(blue), 158 (orange), 369 (green), 513 (purple) and 7466 (teal). Pantone 032 (red) and 109 (yellow) feature in the
official University coat of arms.

A well-cited explanation to the origin of the colour goes back to the second Boat Race, held in 1836. Three of
the participants in the Cambridge boat were from Gonville & Caius College. They thus sourced or had a light
blue ribbon, the colour of their boat club. Given Cambridge won by 20 lengths, the University Boat Club asked
the college whether the university could adopt the colour as well.

In their training kit and at the formal socials the boat club recognises its full first boat participants in that
they may wear blue's silk tie, and half-blues (the reserve boat's competitors) have their own version which
is banded half-white

 

[BikerBoy]

Dark Tangerine

 

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Eminence

The color name eminence, used since the 1800s, has been in modern use for this color since 2001 when
the Xona.com Color List was first promulgated.

 

[Chelsea]

Funionz

 

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Gamboge

Gamboge is a deep yellow pigment derived from a species of tree that primarily grows in Cambodia. Popular
in east Asian watercolor works, it has been used across a number of media dating back to the 8th century.

Easy to transport and manipulate into a durable watercolor paint, Gamboge is notable for its versatility as a
pigment in how it has been used in paintings, printing of books, and garment dyes.

Though used in a number of different contexts, Gamboge is known not to react well with lime surfaces
therefore making it unsuitable for frescos and with white lead. For its popularity, Gamboge has not been
extensively identified in works of art from any time period; the few instances wherein art historians have
attempted to identify whether or not the pigment was used in a given work have confirmed its widespread
use and its longevity as staple within watercolor painting particularly in eastern art

 

[Beowulf25]

Harlequin

 

[Chelsea]

Icy White

 

[BJtheDJ]

Kelly Green

 

[BikerBoy]

Limerick