Flax (color)
| Flax | |
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 Dressed flax | |
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #EEDC82 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (238, 220, 130) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (50°, 45%, 93%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (87, 63, 75°) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Light greenish yellow |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Flax or Flaxen is a pale yellowish-gray, the color of straw or unspun dressed flax. The first recorded use of flax as a color name in English was in 1915,[2] but "flaxen" had been used to describe hair color in David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens in 1849: Mr. Omer's granddaughter, Minnie, is described as "a pretty little girl with long, flaxen, curling hair."[3]
References
- ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called flax in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color flax is displayed on page 47, Plate 12, Color Sample B2.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Flax: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B2
- ^ "David Copperfield," by Charles Dickens London:1849 Bradbury and Evans
See also
- List of colors
- Flaxen gene
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| Amber | Apricot | Arylide yellow | Aureolin | Beige | Buff | Canary | Champagne | Chartreuse | Chrome yellow |
| Citron | Citrine | Cosmic latte | Cream | Dark goldenrod | Ecru | Flax | Gamboge | Gold | Gold (metallic) |
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| Lion | Maize | Mikado yellow | Mindaro | Mustard | Naples yellow | Navajo white | Old gold | Papaya whip | Peach-yellow |
| Pear | Saffron | School bus yellow | Selective yellow | Stil de grain yellow | Straw | Sunglow | Sunset | Vanilla | Wheat |
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