Ruby studded

Ruby is a color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished ruby gemstone. The somewhat deeper color of the uncut, unpolished ruby... more

by Sonali Gangane

Title

Ruby studded

Artist

Sonali Gangane

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

Ruby is a color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished ruby gemstone. The somewhat deeper color of the uncut, unpolished ruby crystal is called rubelite.The first recorded use of ruby as a color name in English was in 1572.Ruby in nature
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a small hummingbird. It is the only species of hummingbird that regularly nests east of the Mississippi River in North America.
Ruby in culture
Computer programming
Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language used to program websites in Ruby on Rails, a free web application framework.
Film
The ruby slippers are the magical shoes worn by Dorothy (played by Judy Garland) in the 1939 MGM movie The Wizard of Oz.
Religion
In the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, it is believed that within the Ascended Masters there is a special subcommittee called The Fellowship of the Ruby Ray that deals with Earth-Nirvana affairs--this committee was formed by Padmasambhava (a buddha who is said to be Earth's liaison[disambiguation needed] with Nirvana) and also includes Sanat Kumara, Gautama Buddha, Maitreya, and the Master Jesus.
Social hierarchy
During the Qing dynasty, the highest rank achievable by a mandarin, the governor of a Chinese province, was signified by wearing a mandarin hat-pin made of ruby. The lower ranks were signified by hat-pins made of coral, sapphire, lapis lazuli, white jade, gold, and silver.Antique ruby
Antique Ruby
The first recorded use of antique ruby as a color name in English was in 1926.
The color antique ruby is a dark tone of ruby.
Red ruby
Displayed at right is the color ruby red.

This is one of the colors in the RAL color matching system, a color system widely used in Europe. The RAL color list first originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.
Medium ruby
Medium ruby is the color called ruby in Crayola Gem Tones, a specialty set of Crayola crayons introduced in 1994.
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April 15th, 2013