Lava (color)
Lava is a color that is a shade of orange. It is named after the color of volcanic lava. This is the color (color #CF1020, shown at right) of fresh lava pouring out of a volcano. The first recorded use of ''lava'' as a color name in English was in 1891. Variations of lava Dark lava The color dark lava is the color of lava that has cooled and begun to congeal into igneous rock. The normalized color coordinates for dark lava are identical to taupe, which came into use as a color name in English in the early 19th century;Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Discussion of Color Taupe, Page 183; Color Sample of Taupe: Page 55 Plate 16 Color Sample A6 References See also * List of colors These are the lists of colors; * List of colors: A–F * List of colors: G–M * List of colors: N–Z * List of colors (compact) * List of colors by shade * List of color palettes * List of Crayola crayon colors * List of RAL colors * Lis ...
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