Monday, March 18, 2019

What Is Bloomberg up to with this ad?

What color is this?


That ad was prominently featured on a ZeroHedge page on Saturday.
From a 2018 post on this subject, "Bond Guru Martin Fridson Erroneously Refers To The Financial Times As "Salmon Colored"":
...Yes, I know the FT's website used to say the paper was a "distinctive shade of salmon pink." but that was just a less-than-perfect shorthand.
(shorthand was something journos used to do to take notes at high speed, I looked it up)

The "distinctive shade..." is no longer found via a cursory search (the statement on slavery is still there, the FT is against it) but here are the contenders via Color Hex.
 
Using the red/green/blue color codes, there are others formulas, follow the links if interested:

#ffa07a Color Hex Light Salmon
#FFA07A
(255,160,122)

vs.

#ffe4c4 Color Hex Bisque 1

#FFE4C4
(255,228,196)

So you tell me

Regarding the less important part of Fridson's comment, "junk bond" or "high-yield" here's a 2013 post:...
Unfortunately my colorist ("I'm an autumn") is not available so I have the choice of puzzling over the RGB code or puzzling over varieties of Danish pastry on offer.
Well that was easy.