Hello community. I've just learned that the old forum on which I used to post messages is now gone and I found this. It appears to be its next gen?. Anyways... my question is regarding color identification.
I'm trying to "imitate" or "replicate" the closest color posible to the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_avium]cherry fruit[/url] . I've tried to find the color on wikipedia but I don't find it. I'm not very savvy with identification of colors. Perhaps somebody can help me finding the hex for the fruit?. ☺
There's no easy answer to that question. First, there is a lot of natural variation in the color of the fruit. Even if you're looking at one particular variety of cherry. I mean, I've seen cherries colored from dark red, almost black, to bright red or scarlet even. But even if you just look at one variety, there's still a range of shades. Second, if you're talking about displaying the color on a computer screen, you have to consider that everyone's screen will show the color slightly differently. It is possible to set up specific color profiles on a computer -- some people do that, others use their screen in the default profile. Third, if you're going to print the image with that color, you're looking at even more distortion of the color. (Ages ago I tried to print something from Inkscape that was a light lavendar color. But when it printed, it looked more magenta!) So you have to set your printer to have the same color profile as your computer. 4th if you're talking about taking a specific color from an image, if you look very closely at it, you'll realize that each pixel is a slightly different color.
This sounds almost like "mission impossible" to me.
But, having said ALL that, here's the easiest way I can think of. Import an image of a cherry into Inkscape, such as the image on the Wikipedia page you referenced. Then you can enable the Dropper tool, and hover it over the image. The status bar will tell you what color is directly under the mouse.
Note that each pixel will be a slightly different color, probably. So you might want to zoom way, way in, so you can see the pixels. Then you can pick out which one seems best.
@brynn Thanks for the welcome. Um.. I didn't know it was a hard task to find such a color. But the more I read your answer I see that there are a lot of things that I should consider.
But let's say if we put an average to those factors you mentioned, let's say, assuming all those variables are "standard", what would be the most accepted rendition of the typical cherry as in the fruit.
In the spanish community there's a book authored by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos named Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) which lists a set of colors by their name.
Upon inspecting on wikipedia, they list a color which is similar to what I am trying to replicate and that is Ruby and mentions that its corresponding hex is #E0115F and that specific color is also referenced on Maerz and Paul's A Dictionary of Color . I know that I could use the dropper tool as @Lazur mentioned for selecting a particular color from an image but I don't know if that will exactly be the color which "by definition" is cherry.
I looked through a bunch of old color charts I have, with a lot of named colors. In html code, it's possible to use color names instead of a hexcode, in certain cases. However. there is not one named "cherry".
This website seems to have a lot of different color palettes. https://www.color-hex.com/ I found some with "cherry" in the name. But you can have a look around (try the "Palletes" link in the top bar, and search for "cherry").
I think the bottom line is that there's just not one certain color named "cherry".
Many sites online will allow you to search and browse through the library of available color codes until you find one that's perfect for your application.
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Hello community. I've just learned that the old forum on which I used to post messages is now gone and I found this. It appears to be its next gen?. Anyways... my question is regarding color identification.
I'm trying to "imitate" or "replicate" the closest color posible to the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_avium]cherry fruit[/url] . I've tried to find the color on wikipedia but I don't find it. I'm not very savvy with identification of colors. Perhaps somebody can help me finding the hex for the fruit?. ☺
Welcome to the forum!
There's no easy answer to that question. First, there is a lot of natural variation in the color of the fruit. Even if you're looking at one particular variety of cherry. I mean, I've seen cherries colored from dark red, almost black, to bright red or scarlet even. But even if you just look at one variety, there's still a range of shades. Second, if you're talking about displaying the color on a computer screen, you have to consider that everyone's screen will show the color slightly differently. It is possible to set up specific color profiles on a computer -- some people do that, others use their screen in the default profile. Third, if you're going to print the image with that color, you're looking at even more distortion of the color. (Ages ago I tried to print something from Inkscape that was a light lavendar color. But when it printed, it looked more magenta!) So you have to set your printer to have the same color profile as your computer. 4th if you're talking about taking a specific color from an image, if you look very closely at it, you'll realize that each pixel is a slightly different color.
This sounds almost like "mission impossible" to me.
But, having said ALL that, here's the easiest way I can think of. Import an image of a cherry into Inkscape, such as the image on the Wikipedia page you referenced. Then you can enable the Dropper tool, and hover it over the image. The status bar will tell you what color is directly under the mouse.
Note that each pixel will be a slightly different color, probably. So you might want to zoom way, way in, so you can see the pixels. Then you can pick out which one seems best.
Hi.
Addition to the dropper tool:
This will enable to average the colour values inside of the circle the tool shows.
Or there's the option to trace an image with the mesh gradient tool.
@brynn Thanks for the welcome. Um.. I didn't know it was a hard task to find such a color. But the more I read your answer I see that there are a lot of things that I should consider.
But let's say if we put an average to those factors you mentioned, let's say, assuming all those variables are "standard", what would be the most accepted rendition of the typical cherry as in the fruit.
In the spanish community there's a book authored by Rosa Gallego and Juan Carlos named Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) which lists a set of colors by their name.
Upon inspecting on wikipedia, they list a color which is similar to what I am trying to replicate and that is Ruby and mentions that its corresponding hex is #E0115F and that specific color is also referenced on Maerz and Paul's A Dictionary of Color . I know that I could use the dropper tool as @Lazur mentioned for selecting a particular color from an image but I don't know if that will exactly be the color which "by definition" is cherry.
Can you help me trying to get the color?. I did a search on Bing about different cherries and I got this https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=cherry+fruit&form=HDRSC2&first=1&cw=1129&ch=472
However the only picture which seemed to be close to a drawing which I intend to use that color is http://u1CI/AAAAAAAAIWk/TkjEAbZAdE8LUxJImynQH7kyPkfCEqk3gCLcB/s1600/pink-cherry-clipart_www.fruit.realisticcoloringpages.com_.png
But among those pictures doesn't exist a given hex for cherry?.
This site mentions https://rgbcolorcode.com/color/cherry cherry is #DE3163 but should I accept this result as default?. ☺
Ha! Didn't know about that Dicionary of Colors by Maerz and Paul.
I know the hungarian dictionary though.
Here is their webpage: http://www.szintan.hu/keret.htm
Here is their entry for "meggyvörös": cherry red
They put the colour in the grain range and give it these values (although not sure if that's the correct translation):
#B41F49, RGB: 180 31 73, H: 343
Also, mentioning previously they went by
#AE0F6C, RGB: 174 15 108, H: 325.
Honesty there is no precise definition that would capture a single colour for a vague name like that.
If it was like the aforementioned grain colour it would be easier.
Grain comes from latin granum and it refers to the small size of the scale insects which were used to produce the paint pigments from.
It is the same insect used for the colour scarlet and carmine -cochineal, if my research is right.
Here is the colour dictionary's entry for carmine: carmine
and a related wikipedia article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmine
I looked through a bunch of old color charts I have, with a lot of named colors. In html code, it's possible to use color names instead of a hexcode, in certain cases. However. there is not one named "cherry".
I did an image search for "cherry red": https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cherry+red&t=seamonkey&iax=images&ia=images
Some of those hexcodes:
This website seems to have a lot of different color palettes. https://www.color-hex.com/ I found some with "cherry" in the name. But you can have a look around (try the "Palletes" link in the top bar, and search for "cherry").
I think the bottom line is that there's just not one certain color named "cherry".
Many sites online will allow you to search and browse through the library of available color codes until you find one that's perfect for your application.
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