216 (number) - in Other Fields

In Other Fields

  • The 216 colors formed by a 6×6×6 color cube are sometimes known as the web-safe color palette.
  • ISO 216 is the ISO's standard for paper sizes.
  • In the film Pi, Max becomes obsessed with a 216-digit number in his quest to find the numeric equation behind existence, and is told by a group of Hasidic Jews that it represents the true name of God.
  • As six cubed (6*6*6), 216 is also symbolic of the Mark of the Beast in Christianity. This has been expressed in the Left Behind series.
  • According to the Ken Burns series Baseball, it is the number of stitches on a baseball.

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