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amber

Color term midway between the colors of gold and orange

Instance of: color
, color term
Subclass of: yellow
, orange
Part of: shade of yellow
, shade of orange

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The color amber is a pure chroma color, located on the color wheel midway between the colors of yellow and orange. The color name is derived from the material also known as amber, which is commonly found in a range of yellow-orange-brown-red colors; likewise, as a color, amber can refer to a range of yellow-orange colors. In English, the first recorded use of the term as a color name, rather than a reference to the specific substance, was in 1500.

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SRGB color hex triplet: FFBF00
Named after: amber

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