- The 5 colors that start with «s»
- 1- Sable color
- 2- Sepia color
- 3- Salmon color
- 4- Sienna color
- 5- Sinople color
- References
Among the colors that begin with the letter "s" are the sable color, sepia, salmon, sienna and sinople. As their names indicate, they refer to objects, plants or animals of a certain color.
For example, talking about salmon color refers to a fish highly valued for its meat and typical of the northern seas.
Nature has provided humans with an extensive color scale. From this a rich variety of shades with specific differences has been built.
The 5 colors that start with «s»
1- Sable color
It represents the color black in the heraldic colors. This is the science in charge of studying the symbols that identify a group; for example, the coat of arms of a family.
The saber is present in the symbols used and the meaning of modesty and modesty that should characterize the family that displayed it on their shield is attributed to it.
Additionally, the saber is the image of the simplicity, humility and discretion that the group that exhibited this color in their symbols should manifest.
On the other hand, there is a variety of gray also called sable and it has been observed in the coat of some dogs in Europe.
2- Sepia color
It is the degradation of the brown color, a kind of slightly reddish brown tone, sometimes also called ocher. It is the most used tonality in furniture.
Before the discovery and use of color, it was used for many years as the ideal hue for photographs. It is still used to give elegance to photos.
The cuttlefish was generated from a mollusk that emits a brown liquid in order to flee; this ink was put to dry and thus the color originated. This procedure is still used to obtain the pigment.
3- Salmon color
Essentially it comes from orange in combination with a pink color, which depending on the saturation gives it a slightly reddish hue.
It receives its name from the color of the fish called salmon, which lives in the northern seas and whose flesh is pinkish-orange because it eats an orange crustacean.
The color is warm, attractive, bright and can be found in light and dark tones. It is frequently used in textiles and on some newspaper pages.
4- Sienna color
It is a member of the family of brown tones; its name derives from the use of the natural land of a region located in Italy called Siena.
In the locality the earth is clayey and of colors that go from the ocher to the reddish brown.
This has produced different pigments called types of sienna: natural, tan, ocher, and burnt sienna.
It is a very appreciated color in decoration because it reflects sobriety and good taste, as well as being a natural tone that combines very well with warm shades.
5- Sinople color
In the field of heraldic colors it represents the green color associated with nature and its constant transformation.
Like any heraldic color it has a meaning: it is the reflection of hope and improvement; therefore it represents greatness.
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