Silver (color)

The color Silver is the metallic shade resembling gray color. Computer monitors can not view silver as a single color because the color reproduction is dependent on the light source and the surface material. The color silver is therefore depicted as a determined matte gray.

  • 2.1 minerals
  • 2.2 plants
  • 2.3 Animals
  • 3.1 aphorisms
  • 3.2 marriage
  • 3.3 Heraldry
  • 3.4 Music
  • 3.5 Colour Psychology
  • 6.1 Notes and references
  • 6.2 Literature

Color definitions

Web Color

In HTML 4/VGA Silver has a standard color name. Examples of the application of the web color silver are thus:

  • HTML example:
  • CSS sample: body {background -color: # C0C0C0 ;}

The color of silver in nature

Minerals

Due to the number of free electrons metals have a silvery colored appearance.

Plant

Many plants carry the silver in their name, such as:

  • Silver maple
  • Silver Wattle
  • Silver tree
  • Silver leaves
  • Silver Thistle
  • Silver grass
  • Silver clover
  • Silver herb
  • Silver lime
  • White poplar
  • Silver Rain
  • Avens

Animals

And certain animals carry the silver in their name:

  • Silver monkey
  • Silberbisam
  • Silver carp
  • Silverfish
  • Silver Fox
  • Silver King (fish )
  • Coho salmon
  • Mountain lion
  • Herring gull
  • Silver Salamander
  • Pickhandle

The color of silver in society

Aphorisms

  • " Speech is silver, silence is golden. " - Proverb

Marriage

  • The 25th wedding anniversary is called the " silver wedding ".

Heraldry

  • In heraldry is silver as well as gold, referred to as metal, which is one of the heraldic tinctures. It is often represented by white color.

Music

  • Silver Convention was a popular disco - music group
  • Silver Moon is, a German pop rock band

Colour Psychology

The color silver represents lightness, freedom, speed and clarity. But it seems cool and reserved.

Color names

For silver, there are a number of colloquial names or color names:

  • Altsilber
  • Aluminum gloss
  • Antique Silver
  • Bronze Silver
  • Chromglanz
  • Silver tinsel
  • Light silver
  • Metallic Grey
  • Nickel silver
  • Nickel gloss
  • Stovepipe Silver
  • Platinum colors
  • Platinum White
  • Silver Blonde
  • Silver gray
  • Silver Black
  • Silver White
  • Standard silver
  • Titanium gloss
  • White gold luster
  • Zinc gloss
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