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Platinum (color)

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Light metallic color

Platinum

Platinum crystals
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#E5E4E2
sRGB (r, g, b)	(229, 228, 226)
HSV (h, s, v)	(40°, 1%, 90%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(91, 2, 68°)
Source	/Maerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish white
B: Normalized to (byte)

Platinum is a color that is the metallic tint of pale grayish-white resembling the metal platinum.

The first recorded use of platinum as a color name in English was in 1918.

Platinum in human culture

A platinum award is not as prestigious as a diamond award, but it is more prestigious than a gold, silver, or bronze award.

Credit cards

1,000 cubic centimeters (one liter) of 99.9% pure platinum, worth approx. US$910,000 at 30 October 2009 prices.

A platinum credit card has a higher credit limit and a lower interest rate than a regular credit card; it is only available to someone with a good credit rating.

In Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire as depicted in his Foundation series, the monetary unit of the Galactic Empire, the galactic credit, is solidly backed because it is convertible to pure platinum—the Galactic Empire is on the platinum standard.

A married couple's 70th wedding anniversary is called their platinum anniversary. The 70th anniversary of any important event can be referred to as a platinum jubilee, although this term is seldom used.

a platinum album is an album whose sales figures have reached a certain amount. This threshold differs from market to market—in the United States, a platinum album is one that has sold at least 1,000,000 copies.

References

The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called platinum in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color platinum is displayed on page 113, Plate 45, Color Sample A3.
Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 202; Color Sample of Platinum: Page 113 Plate 45 Color Sample A3

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English lavender	Gray (Crayola)	White smoke	Lavender gray	Light slate gray	Platinum	Timberwolf	Silver	French gray	Ash gray

Rose quartz	Cinereous	Cadet gray	Cool gray	Taupe gray	Battleship gray	Black	Gray	White	Slate gray

Manatee	Nardo grey	Oatmeal	Pink lavender	Purple mountain majesty	Dim gray	Davy's gray	Payne's gray	Glaucous	Gunmetal

Feldgrau	Dark slate gray	Old lavender	Quick Silver

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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Shades of white

Alabaster	Alice blue	Almond	Anti-flash white	Antique white	Azure white	Baby powder	Beige	Bone	Champagne

Cornsilk	Cool Mint	Cosmic latte	Cream	Cultured pearl	Dutch white	Eggshell	Extra light almond	Flax	Floral white

Ghost white	Honeydew	Isabelline	Ivory	Lavender blush	Lemon chiffon	Linen	Magnolia	Mint cream	Misty rose

Navajo white	Nyanza	Old lace	Papaya whip	Parchment	Peach	Pearl	Platinum	Seasalt	Seashell

Snow	Snow drift	Vanilla	Very light rose	White	White smoke

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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