Cordovan (color)

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Cordovan
About these coordinates
About these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #893F45
B (r, g, b) (137, 63, 69)
HSV (h, s, v) (337°, 89%, 94%)
Source Pantone Color Planner[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cordovan is a rich shade of burgundy and a dark shade of rose. Cordovan takes its name from the city of Cordoba, Spain, where the production of shell cordovan leather was first practiced by the Visigoths in the seventh century.[2] The term cordovan has come to describe the color of clothing, leather in particular.

[edit] Cordovan in human culture

Jackets

Shoes

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shah, David. Pantone View Color Planner Summer 2007 Key Color Combinations. Metropolitan Publishing of Amsterdam. Retrieved on 2008-02-17.
  2. ^ Constable, Olivia Remie (1994). Trade and Traders in Muslim Spain. Cambridge University Press.