Silver (color)

This article is about the color. For the metal, see Silver.

Silver is the color of the metal silver. It is a grayish-white color.

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A nugget of silver

The first written use of silver as a color name in English was in 1481.^[1]

Meaning of silver

• Like the color gold, silver represents wealth because the metal silver is valuable, although not quite as valuable as gold.

Tones of silver color comparison chart

Name	Color	HEX Code	Red	Green	Blue	Hue	Sat	Lum	Source
Platinum		#E5E4E2	229	228	226	040°	5%	89%
Lavender Tint		#DADADA	218	218	218	000°	0%	85%
Light Silver		#D8D8D8	216	216	216	60°	0%	85%
Pale Silver		#C9C0BB	201	192	187	021°	11%	76%	(Crayola Silver)
Silver Pink		#C4AEAD	196	174	173	003°	16%	72%	(Plochere)
Silver		#C0C0C0	192	192	192	000°	0%	75%	(web color)
Silver Sand		#BFC1C2	191	193	194	200°	2%	75%	(Xona.com color list)
Silver Chalice		#ACACAC	172	172	172	000°	0%	67%	(Xona.com color list)
Quicksilver		#A6A6A6	166	166	166	000°	0%	65%	(Crayola Silver Swirls)
Light Sirocco		#B8C2C2	184	194	194	180°	8%	74%	(Sirocco Light (Xona.com color list))
New Silver		#BFB8A5	191	184	165	044°	17%	70%	(ISCC-NBS)
Roman Silver		#838996	131	150	156	221°	8%	55%	(Resene color list)
Sirocco		#718080	113	128	128	180°	6%	47%	(Xona.com color list)
Old Silver		#848482	132	132	130	060°	1%	51%	(ISCC-NBS)
Sonic Silver		#757575	117	117	117	000°	0%	46%	(Crayola FX Metallic)
Dark Silver		#71706E	113	112	117	110°	40%	3%

Related pages

• List of colors