Wikipedia:How to read a color infobox
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The infobox with the name {{Infobox color}} is a table found on Wikipedia articles setting out information about a named color – an example can be found on the right.
The pieces of the infobox include:
- At the top of the infobox is the common name of the color.
- Below is an optional picture representing the color. For example, a collection of red objects.
- An optional range of frequencies and wavelengths representing a spectral color. These are only approximations as different sources will have different ranges, and people will perceive the boundaries to be at different points.
- Optionally set(s) of color coordinates, referring to a specific color. Each color coordinate gives the specific color in one color space (e.g. RGB), and one standard (e.g. sRGB). The following color spaces can be found in a color infobox:
Hex triplet: RGB values as a 24-bit hexadecimal value.
RGB: The coordinates in one of the RGB color spaces as commonly used by computers and video displays. Normally sRGB is used.
CMYK color model: The coordinates in CMYK space as commonly used during color printing. Colors represented by CMYK coordinates vary greatly between printers depending on the inks used.
HSV color space: The HSV space is a transformation from RGB space. As a transformation of RGB values, HSV values share the same limitation.
Source: The source of the standard defining the color coordinates. - Examples of other variations ("shades") of that color.
It must be noted that a range of color-variations is commonly associated with every color-name – however, only one specific variation is shown in detail: E.g. in the example only one tone of red (#FF0000) is shown in detail, while several variations of red can be found at the end of the infobox.