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
Polished pebbles of the mineral carnelian
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#B31B1B
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(179, 27, 27)
CMYKH (c, m, y, k)	(0, 100, 79, 20)
HSV (h, s, v)	(0°, 85%, 70%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(39, 115, 12°)
Source	Cornell University[1]
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] The color used by Cornell University is referred to as Cornelian (an alternate spelling of the mineral carnelian) in the World Almanac of 1892^[3] and the Living Church Annual and Whittaker's Churchman's Almanac of 1896.^[4]

Carnelian in culture

School colors

• The official school colors of Cornell University are carnelian and white.^[5]

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.^[6] In 2013, the space the restaurant occupied was leased by video game company Supercell. ^[7]

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.^[8]

Sports

• Carnelian is the main color of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise.

References

1. "Colors". Cornell University. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw Hill Page 192
3. "College Colors". The World Almanac. 1892. p. 186.
4. "Table of College Colors". Living Church Annual and Whittaker's Churchman's Almanac. 1896. p. 61.
5. "Cornell University Brand Center". Retrieved 2021-10-11.
6. "Carnelian Room calling it quits". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications. 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2009-08-11.
7. "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.
8. Campbell's Soup History: Introduction Archived 2008-03-06 at the Wayback Machine from Campbell's official website