Sunset (color)

The Sun, about a minute before astronomical sunset.
Sunset
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FAD6A5
sRGBB (r, g, b)(250, 214, 165)
HSV (h, s, v)(35°, 34%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(88, 47, 56°)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorLight yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color sunset is a pale tint of orange. It is a representation of the average color of clouds when the sunlight from a sunset is reflected from them.

The first recorded use of sunset as a color name in English was in 1916.[1]

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Sunset: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample C4