Flax (color)

For the hair color, see Blond#flaxen.
Golden flax seeds
Flax
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #EEDC82
sRGBB  (r, g, b) (238, 220, 130)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (7, 8, 60, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v) (50°, 45%, 93%)
Source Maerz and Paul[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Flax or Flaxen is a pale yellowish-gray color named after flax seeds. An early use of "flaxen" to describe hair color appears in David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens: Mr. Omer's granddaughter, Minnie, is described as "a pretty little girl with long, flaxen, curling hair."[2] The first recorded use of flax as a color name in English was in 1915.[3]

Flax in culture

Literature
Music
Anime

References

  1. 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.
  2. "David Copperfield," by Charles Dickens London:1849 Bradbury and Evans
  3. 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

See also


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, November 06, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.