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Slate gray — Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #708090 RGBB (r, g, b) (112, 128, 144) HSV (h, s, v) (210°, 22%, 56%) Source X11 B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) Slate gray is a gray color with a slight azure tinge that is a representation of the average color of the material slate.
The first recorded use of slate gray as a color name in English was in 1705. [1]
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Variations
Light slate gray
Light slate gray — Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #778899 RGBB (r, g, b) (119, 136, 153) HSV (h, s, v) (210°, 22%, 60%) Source X11 B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) Displayed at right is the web color light slate gray.
Dark slate gray
Dark slate gray — Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #2F4F4F RGBB (r, g, b) (47, 79, 79) HSV (h, s, v) (180°, 41%, 31%) Source X11 B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) Displayed at right is the web color dark slate gray.
Slate gray in human culture
Early 1980s supercomputer Thinking Machines CM-1 (the Connection Machine) at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. One of the face plates has been partially removed to show the circuit boards inside.IBM Roadrunner supercomputer--the fastest supercomputer in the world as of May 2008, it can operate at a speed of 1.026 petaflops- The exterior shells of supercomputers are often colored various shades of slate gray.
References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Slate Gray: Page 51 Plate 14 Color Sample A2
See also
Shades of grayGray Ash gray Battleship gray Black Cadet gray Charcoal Cool gray Davy's gray Payne's gray Silver Slate gray Taupe Purple taupe Medium taupe Rose quartz Taupe gray Timberwolf White The samples shown above are only indicative. Categories:
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