Shades of white

Shades of white are colors that differ only slightly from pure white. Variations of white include what are commonly termed off-white colors, which may be considered part of a neutral color scheme.White (#FFFFFF)#FFFFFFGhost white (#F8F8FF)#F8F8FFWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)#F5F5F5Baby powder (#FEFEFA)#FEFEFASnow (#FFFAFA)#FFFAFAIvory (#FFFFF0)#FFFFF0Floral white (#FFFAF0)#FFFAF0Seashell (#FFF5EE)#FFF5EECornsilk (#FFF8DC)#FFF8DCOld lace (#FDF5E6)#FDF5E6Cream (#FFFDD0)#FFFDD0Beige (#F5F5DC)#F5F5DCParchment (#F1E9D2)#F1E9D2Antique white (#FAEBD7)#FAEBD7Champagne (#F7E7CE)#F7E7CEEggshell (#F0EAD6)#F0EAD6Dutch white (#EFDFBB)#EFDFBBBone (#E3DAC9)#E3DAC9Vanilla (#F3E5AB)#F3E5ABFlax (#EEDC82)#EEDC82Navajo white (#FFDEAD)#FFDEADAlabaster (#EDEAE0)#EDEAE0 Shades of white are colors that differ only slightly from pure white. Variations of white include what are commonly termed off-white colors, which may be considered part of a neutral color scheme. In color theory, a shade is a pure color mixed with black (or having a lower lightness). Strictly speaking, a “shade of white” would be a neutral beige. This article is also about off-white colors that vary from pure white in hue, and in chroma (also called saturation, or intensity). Colors often considered 'shades of white' include cream, eggshell, ivory, Navajo white, and vanilla. Even the lighting of a room, however, can cause a pure white to be perceived as off-white. Off-white colors were pervasively paired with beiges in the 1930s, and especially popular again from roughly 1955 to 1975. Whiteness measures the degree to which a surface is white in colorimetry. Below is a chart showing the computer web color shades of white. An achromatic white is a white color in which the red, green, and blue codes are exactly equal. The web colors white and white smoke are achromatic colors. A chromatic shade of white is a white color in which the red, green, and blue codes are not exactly equal, but are close to each other, which is what makes it a shade of white. White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness. White is the lightest possible color.