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ABOUT
THE COLOR SILVER
Silver is the metallic shade resembling gray, closest to that of polished
silver. The visual sensation usually associated with the metal silver
is its metallic shine. This cannot be reproduced by a simple solid
color, because the shiny effect is due to the material's brightness
varying with the surface angle to the light source. In addition, there
is no mechanism for showing metallic or fluorescent colors on a computer.
Consequently in art one would normally use a metallic paint that glitters
like real silver. A matte grey color like the swatch on this page
would not be considered silver.
History
The first recorded use of silver as a color name in English was in
1481
Web
color silver
Since version 3.2 of HTML "silver" is a name for one of the 16 basic-VGA-colors.
* HTML-example:
* CSS-example: body { background-color:silver; }
Pale
silver
Pale silver is the color called silver in Crayola crayons. It is not
a neutral grayscale color, but is a warm gray with an extremely slight
tone of orange-red.
Silver
in nature
Minerals
* Many metals are silver colored and good conductors and reflectors
because of the relatively free electrons in the outer electron shells
of their atoms. Silver is the best electrical conductor.
Plants
* A silver fir is a valuable timber tree that originated in Europe.
* A silver maple is characterized by lacy, delicate leaves that are
lighter grayish-green on the underside. These trees get their name
from the shimmering effect the two-toned leaves give when fluttering
in a breeze.
Animals
* A silverfish is an insect which may eat paper or cloth.
* Many fish are colored silver.
* A silver fox is a "genetically determined phase of the common red
fox in which the pelt is black tipped with white".
Silver
in human culture
Aphorisms
* The expression every cloud has a silver lining is used to point
out that something good can often come out of even a bad situation.
Art
* Andy Warhol for many years dyed his hair silver.
* The most expensive work of art ever made is colored silver. It is
a diamond encrusted platinum casting of a skull called For The Love
of God, created by artist Damien Hirst, that went on sale for $99,000,000
in London on 3 June 2007. For the Love of God:
Film
* The silver screen is a poetic name for a motion picture screen.
* Science fiction films often show spaceship or starship crews wearing
silver body suits. In the song Science Fiction/Double Feature in the
Rocky Horror Picture Show, it is mentioned that Flash Gordon wore
silver underwear: Lyrics to the song Science Fiction/Double Feature:
* Silver City is a 2004 political satire and drama film written and
directed by John Sayles.
Gerontology
* The aging of the baby boomers is called the silver tsunami.
Heraldry
* In heraldry there is no distinction between silver and white, represented
as "argent".
* In English heraldry argent (silver) or white signified brightness,
purity, virtue, or innocence.
Literature
* The Silver Cord is a 1926 play by Sidney Howard about the emotional
tie between a mother and a son and the term "silver cord" is sometimes
used to represent this tie.
* The Silver Chair is part of The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of
seven fantasy novels written by C.S. Lewis.
Music
* Silver Apples was a psychedelic electronic music duo from New York
City that formed in 1967.
* Silverhead was a British band, led by singer/actor Michael Des Barres.
They were a part of the glam rock music scene of the early 1970s.
* Silver Convention was a popular disco music group.
* Silver Head is a contemporary punk rock band.
* Silverchair is a contemporary Australian rock band.
* Silver Fox is a song by RJD2 from his 2002 album Deadringer.
Panelology
* The Silver Surfer is a popular comic book character.
* Silver Fox is a character in the Marvel comics universe.
Politics
* The Silver Shirts was an American fascist organization during the
1930s.
Robotics
* In science fiction, robots are usually depicted as being colored
silver.
Sports
* The Oakland Raiders of the National Football League use silver as
one of their primary colors, along with black.
Television
* In the TV show, Power Rangers and its Japanese counterpart Super
Sentai, silver is a ranger color. So far, there has been only one
silver ranger per series: the silver space ranger (from Power Rangers
In Space) and its Super Sentai counterpart, megasilver (from Denji
Sentai Megaranger).
