Flax (color)

Flax (color)

infobox color
title= Flax
hex= EEDC82
r=238|g=220|b=130
c= 7|m= 8|y= 60|k= 0
h= 50|s= 45|v= 93

Flax (also known as Light Goldenrod) is a pale yellowish-gray color named after flax seeds. It is similar to the color mustard.

Flax in culture

*French impressionistic composer Claude Debussy's prelude N.8 Book 1 for Piano, "La fille aux cheveux de lin" (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) , uses the color flax in its title.

ee also

*List of colors


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