Talk:Amber (color)

message: Why is there an entire section in here devoted to "Symbolism" that says that amber is "symbolic" of "energy"?  It makes no sense whatsoever. --Dreadpiratetif 22:47, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: In literature, colors are usually symbolic, or more accurately, representive of certain traits, etc. For example, purple is symbolic for royalty, green for spring or life, black/white for death/life, yellow for cowardice, and so on. If you see someone wearing yellow (in literature), he's a coward. A peasant wearing purple might have a tendancy to act like royalty.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.57.140.157 (talk) 01:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: According to...whom, exactly? Please cite it or drop it. Also, please remember to sign your comments on talk pages. —Scheinwerfermann (talk) 02:07, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Symbolism?

message: The first sentence of the lede of this article states that amber is located on the color wheel midway between yellow, orange and red. That's wrong in one way or another; it's not possible for a thing to be between more than two other things. Images of color wheels here on Wikipedia and elsewhere don't seem to call out amber per se, so somebody please point at a color wheel that does, or fix the first sentence so it makes sense and reflects reality. —Scheinwerfermann T·C08:08, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where on the color wheel? 

message: The references to "amber" in the Irish flag (in connection with the colours sported by various Gaelic games sides) would seem to be out of place, given that the flag of Ireland is constitutionally defined as being green, white, and orange. -- Picapica (talk) 07:19, 25 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Irish flag 

message: The color coordinates template lists CIE_1931_color_space as the source but I see nothing in that article to support the color coordinate attributes for amber.
I'm satisfied that the values are okay, as they are supported by this site, which I hope qualifies as a reliable source. Would it make sense to replace the source with this URL?--S Philbrick(Talk) 18:33, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure I agree that the values are okay. Note that site specifically says "#FFBF00 (or 0xFFBF00) is unknown color: approx Amber." in the description. And says the same for say FEBF03. Only way we can typical associate an exact color coordinate to something is in the relation to some standard. For example while there are many yellows, there is only one "yellow" in CSS level 3 list #FFFF00 in sRGB color space. In general usage most color terms are fairly loose. PaleAqua (talk) 06:22, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Color coordinate attributes 

message: An entry in List of colors: N–Z contained a link to this page.
The entry is :
* Vivid amber
I don't see any evidence that this color is discussed in this article and plan to delete it from the list per this discussion: Talk:List_of_colors#New_approach_to_review_of_entries
If someone decides that this color should have a section in this article and it is added, I would appreciate a ping.--S Philbrick(Talk) 18:18, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible removal from list 

message: Isn't "amber" the usual designation for the old yellowish LEDs? For years I've sometimes been casually searching for definitive specs of the LEDs that were common in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I find it frustratingly hard to find webpages talking about anything else than recent blue LEDs. As far as I know the only colours affordable to hobbyists at that time were red, amber and lime green. Might be worth a mention in the article, that for many years amber LEDs were all you could buy near the yellow part of the spectrum. My current guess is, that they must have been something near 690 nm. --BjKa (talk) 17:25, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  LEDs