Fallow (color)
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| Fallow | ||
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| — Color coordinates — | ||
| Hex triplet | #C19A6B | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (193, 154, 107) |
| CMYKH | (c, m, y, k) | (0, 14, 33, 8) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (45°, 17%, 23%) |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
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Fallow is a pale brown color that is the color of sandy soil in fallow fields.
Fallow is one of the oldest color names in English. The first recorded use of fallow as a color name in English was in the year AD 1000. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Fallow: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B5
[edit] External Links
- [1] ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See sample of the color Fallow (color sample #76) displayed on indicated page.
