- Beige
infobox color
title=Beige
hex=F5F5DC
r=245|g=245|b=220
c= 0|m= 0|y= 10|k= 4
h= 60|s= 10|v= 96
source=X11Beige is a pale
yellow ishbrown color .The term originates from "beige cloth", a woolen fabric left in its natural color. It has since come to be used for a range of light shades chosen for their neutral or cool appearance, and is often (mis)used for light
brown shades.The first recorded use of "beige" as a color name in English was in 1887. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Beige: Page 45 Plate 11 Color Sample C2]
Beige and Zinnwaldite
infobox colour
title= Zinnwaldite
hex= EBC2AF
r=235|g=194|b= 175
c= 0|m= 17|y=25|k= 7
h= 19|s=25|v=92In the 1960s, the American telecommunications companyAT&T marketed atelephone for offices and homes in a color they called "beige" which was actually the color "zinnwaldite".Fact|date=May 2008Beige and Ecru
infobox color
title=Ecru
hex=C2B280
r=194|g=178|b= 128
c= |m= |y= |k=
h=45|s=34|v=76
spelling=Color
source= [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-e.htm ISCC-NBS]Originally in the 19th century and up to at least 1930, the color ecru meant exactly the same color as beige or pale cream color [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 149--Discussion of the color Beige (shown in this book's color sample as the same color that is displayed as "beige" in the Wikipedia color box shown above) notes that beige is exactly the same color as Ecru. ] , and the word is often used to refer to such fabrics as silk and linen in their unbleached state. Ecru comes from the French word "écru", which means literally 'raw' or 'unbleached'. Now in the 21st century, however, ecru is considered a different color from beige.
French beige
infobox color
title=French Beige
hex=A67B5B
r=166|g=123|b= 91
c= 0|m= 0|y= 10|k= 4
h= 40|s= 40|v= 60
source= [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-f.htm ISCC-NBS]At right is displayed the color
French beige .It is perhaps the existence of this color that led people to believe that beige is a light brown color instead of the pale cream shown in the color box at the beginning of this article. The first recorded use of "French beige" as a color name in English was in 1927. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of French beige: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample A7]
The source of this color is the following website: [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-f.htm ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of French beige (color sample #57)]
Colors in the beige range
Related color names used for colors in the beige range include cream, buff, zinnwaldite, ecru, tan, and Khaki.
Beige in human culture
Business * The
Beige Book , more formally called the "Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions", is areport published by theFederal Reserve Board eight times ayear . Each report is a gathering of "anecdotal information on current economic conditions" by eachFederal Reserve Bank in its district.Computers *"Beige" shades have so often been used for
personal computer cases and peripherals like mice and monitors that the termbeige box has come to mean an ordinary, run-of-the-mill, generic, unremarkablepersonal computer , and by extension anything which is generic or run-of-the-mill.Ethnography *The skin color of some Caucasians is described more accurately as beige or peachFact|date=November 2007.
Fashion *"Beige" is a common color of cargo pants (the second most popular after
khaki ), and is the most popular shade ofpantyhose (tights in the UK)Fact|date=November 2007.Film *Beige has also appeared as the lead character of a filmic serial story by
Peninsula SUFM published in installments throughout July and August 2007. It was named the "Serial Drama Movie" and involved characters such as Red, Blue and Yellow, who were toocool for Beige, and made him feel ostracized.Fact|date=June 2008Language *In many languages, as in English, the word for "beige" is an adaptation of the French word.Fact|date=June 2008
Sports *Beige was the color of New Zealand Cricket team from 1984-1989.Fact|date=June 2008
See also
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List of colors References
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