Lion (color)

Lion is a color that is a representation of the average color of the fur of a lion.

Lion

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DECC9C
HSV (h, s, v)	(44°, 30%, 87[1]%)
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(222, 204, 156)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

A male lion in Namibia

The lion is a feline top predator found in Africa and India. The lion was poetically called the king of beasts in the great chain of being, one of the bases of medieval philosophy in Western civilization.

The first recorded use of lion as a color name in English was in 1551.[2]

References

web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #DECC9C(Lion):
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 198; Color Sample of Lion: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample G7

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.