- Bole (color)
Bole is a
color that is a symbolic representation of the color of the trunk of atree .Fact|date=November 2007 There is an English word "bole" meaning the trunk of a tree, but according to theAmerican Heritage Dictionary , this word [http://www.bartleby.com/61/34/B0373400.html] is simply a homograph/homophone that does not share the etymological origin of the color word "bole" [http://www.bartleby.com/61/35/B0373500.html] , which derives from Latin "bōlus" (lump of earth) and refers to a kind of soft fine clay whose reddish-brown varieties are used as pigments, hence its use as a word for a reddish-brown color.Bole
infobox color|textcolor=white
title= Bole
hex=79443B
r=121|g= 68|b= 59
c= 0|m= 70|y= 60|k= 20
h= 30|s= 24|v= 34
source= [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-b.htm ISCC-NBS] The color bole is displayed at right.This color represents the color of a "bole" (the trunk of a tree).Fact|date=November 2007
"Bole" is one of the oldest
color names in English. The first recorded use of "bole" as a color name in English was in the year1386 . [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Bole: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample F11]It is interesting to note that even though the actual trunks of most trees are a lighter shade of
brown than this, when given a set of paints that includes various shades of brown tochildren to make their "lollypop"-like paintings of a tree, they seem to instinctively choose this color to paint the trunk of the tree.Fact|date=November 2007References
External links
* [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-b.htm] ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See sample of the color Bole (color sample #43) displayed on indicated page.
See also
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List of colors
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