Wikipedia:How to read a color infobox

The infobox with the name Infobox color is a table found on Wikipedia articles setting out information about a named color – an example can be found on the right.

The pieces of the infobox include:


 * 1) At the top of the infobox is the common name of the color.
 * 2) Below is an optional picture representing the color. For example, a collection of red objects.
 * 3) An optional range of frequencies and wavelengths representing a spectral color. These are only approximations as different sources will have different ranges, and people will perceive the boundaries to be at different points.
 * 4) Optionally set(s) of color coordinates, referring to a specific color. Each color coordinate gives the specific color in one color space (e.g. RGB), and one standard (e.g. sRGB). The following color spaces can be found in a color infobox: Hex triplet: RGB values as a 24-bit hexadecimal value. RGB: The coordinates in one of the RGB color spaces as commonly used by computers and video displays. Normally sRGB is used. CMYK color model: The coordinates in CMYK space as commonly used during color printing. Colors represented by CMYK coordinates vary greatly between printers depending on the inks used. HSV color space: The HSV space is a transformation from RGB space. As a transformation of RGB values, HSV values share the same limitation. Source: The source of the standard defining the color coordinates.
 * 5) Examples of other variations ("shades") of that color.

It must be noted that a range of color-variations is commonly associated with every color-name – however, only one specific variation is shown in detail: E.g. in the example only one tone of red (#FF0000) is shown in detail, while several variations of red can be found at the end of the infobox.