Carnelian (color)
Carnelian is a color named after the carnelian variety of the mineral chalcedony. This semi-precious gemstone is noted for its rich shade of reddish-brown.
| Carnelian | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) Polished pebbles of the mineral carnelian | |
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #B31B1B |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (0°, 85%, 70%) |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (179, 27, 27) |
| Source | Cornell.edu[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid red |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
The first recorded use of Carnelian as a color name in English was in 1899.[2]
Carnelian in culture
School colors
- The official school colors of Cornell University are carnelian and white;[3]
Buildings
- The Carnelian Room was a luxury restaurant that was once located on the 52nd (top) floor of the 555 California Street Building, formerly the Bank of America Center, in San Francisco, California. The restaurant was so named because 555 California Street is a building whose outer cladding is composed of carnelian colored granite. The restaurant went out of business on 31 December 2009 because of the continuing impact of the financial crisis of 2007–2008.[4] In 2013, the space the restaurant occupied was leased by video game company Supercell. [5]
Business
- In 1898, Herberton Williams, a Campbell Soup Company executive, convinced the company to adopt a carnelian red and bright white color scheme, because he was taken by the crisp carnelian red color of the Cornell University football team's uniforms.[6]
Literature
- The Carnelian Cube is a fantasy novel written by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt. It was first published in hardcover by Gnome Press in 1948.
- Carnelians is a science fiction novel written by Catherine Asaro, first published in 2012.
- Jherek Carnelian is the time traveling hero of the science fiction trilogy Dancers at the End of Time by Michael Moorcock
Sports
- Carnelian is the main color of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise.
References
- Coordinates derived from colorscheme to Cornell University website
- Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw Hill Page 192
- "The Brand Book - Cornell University". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- "Carnelian Room calling it quits". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications. 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
- "Sign of the times: Finnish gaming group grabs top of BofA tower". San Francisco Business Times. American City Business Journals. 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- Campbell's Soup History: Introduction Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine from Campbell's official website
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