Cardinal (color)

Cardinal
Cardinal
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C41E3A
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(196, 30, 58)
HSV (h, s, v)	(350°, 85%, 77%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(43, 119, 8°)
Source	Maerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Cardinal is a vivid red, which may get its name from the cassocks worn by Catholic cardinals (although the color worn by cardinals is scarlet). The cardinal bird also takes its name from the cardinal bishops.

The first recorded use of cardinal as a color name in English was in the year 1698.^[2]

^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called cardinal in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color cardinal is displayed on page 33, Plate 5, Color Sample L5.
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Cardinal: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample L5

[1] The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called cardinal in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color cardinal is displayed on page 33, Plate 5, Color Sample L5.

[2] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Cardinal: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample L5

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