Fulvous

Fulvous /ˈfʊlvəs/ 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.

Fulvous
 
    Colour coordinates
Hex triplet#E48400
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(228, 132, 0)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k)(0, 42, 100, 11)
HSV       (h, s, v)(35°, 100%, 89%)
Source
ISCC–NBS descriptorStrong orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

The first recorded use of fulvous as a colour name in English was in the year 1664.[1] Fulvous in English is derived from the Latin "fulvus", a term that can recognised in the scientific binomials of several species, and can provide a clue to their colouration.

Birds

Fulvous whistling duck
Fulvous-breasted woodpecker

Reptiles

  • Thamnophis fulvus, the Mesoamerican highlands gartersnake

Mammals

Fish

Invertebrates

Fulvous forest skimmer – a dragonfly found in India
  • Fulvous dawnfly
  • Fulvous forest skimmer
  • Dorylus fulvus, a West African ant
  • Technomyrmex fulvus, a Central American ant
  • Nylanderia fulva, a South American ant
  • Paratrechina fulva, a South American ant
  • Aphaenogaster fulva, a nearctic American ant
  • Smicronyx fulvus, a sunflower seed weevil
  • Tigriopus fulvus, a marine copepod
  • Menemerus fulvus, a Japanese jumping spider
  • Megahexura fulva, the tawny dwarf tarantula
  • Euconulus fulvus, a New Zealand land snail
  • Rhagonycha fulva, the common red soldier beetle
  • Libellula fulva, the scarce chaser; a British dragon fly
  • Aplysina fulva, a scattered pore rope sponge

Fungi

  • Fomes fulvus, a North American conk
  • Amanita fulva
  • Mycovellosiella fulva, a plant pathogen
  • Byssochlamys fulva, a plant pathogen
  • Cladosporium fulvum, a plant pathogen
  • Xanthoria fulva, a lichen

Prokaryotes

Plants

See also

  • Animal colouration
  • List of colours

References

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