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Fulvous

Fulvous is a colour, sometimes described as dull orange, brownish-yellow or tawny; it can also be likened to a variation of buff, beige, or butterscotch. As an adjective it is used in the names of many species of birds, and occasionally other animals, to describe their appearance. It is also used as in mycology to describe fungi with greater colour specificity, specifically the pigmentation of the surface cuticle, the broken flesh and the spores en masse.

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Fulvous
 
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Hex triplet#E48400
sRGBB (r, g, b)(228, 132, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(35°, 100%, 89%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(64, 101, 38°)
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ISCC–NBS descriptorStrong orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Fulvous (/ˈfʊl.vəs/, FULL-vəss) is a colour, sometimes described as dull orange, brownish-yellow or tawny; it can also be likened to a variation of buff, beige, or butterscotch. As an adjective it is used in the names of many species of birds, and occasionally other animals, to describe their appearance. It is also used as in mycology to describe fungi with greater colour specificity, specifically the pigmentation of the surface cuticle, the broken flesh and the spores en masse.

The first recorded use of fulvous as a colour name in English was in the year 1664.2 Fulvous in English is derived from the Latin "fulvus", a term that can be recognised in the scientific binomials of several species, and can provide a clue to their colouration.

Birds

Fulvous shrike-tanager source ↗
Fulvous whistling duck source ↗

Reptiles

Mammals

Fulvus roundleaf bat source ↗

Fish

Butterfish source ↗

Invertebrates

Fulvous forest skimmer – a dragonfly found in India source ↗

Fungi

Amanita fulva source ↗

Prokaryotes

Plants

See also

See also

References

References

  1. "Color Fulvous | Hex Code #E48400 | RGB 228, 132, 0". www.99colors.net. Archived from the original on 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
  2. "Definition of FULVOUS". www.merriam-webster.com.
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