- Champagne (color)
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For other uses, see Champagne (disambiguation).
The color champagne is a name given for various very pale tints of yellowish-orange that are close to beige. The color's name is derived from the typical color of the beverage champagne.
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Champagne
Champagne 
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #F7E7CE RGBB (r, g, b) (247, 231, 206) HSV (h, s, v) (37°, 17%, 97[1]%) Source Maerz and Paul B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) The color champagne is displayed at right.
The first recorded use of champagne as a color name in English was in 1915.[2]
A glass of Champagne
Variations of champagne
Deep champagne
Champagne (ISCC-NBS #73)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FAD6A5 RGBB (r, g, b) (250, 214, 165) HSV (h, s, v) (35°, 34%, 98 [3]%) Source ISCC-NBS B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) The deep tone of "champagne" displayed at right is the color called champagne in the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) in color sample #73.
Champagne in human culture
- Champagne is a horse color used to describe some horses (see champagne gene).
- SN 2003fg was an aberrant type Ia supernova discovered in 2003 and described in the journal Nature on September 21 2006. It was nicknamed the Champagne Supernova after the 1996 song "Champagne Supernova" by the English rock band Oasis.
Merchandise
- Champagne is most often used to describe gemstones or paint finishes (such as for an automobile) in order to imply that one is purchasing a luxury product.
- Champagne is a song by alternative/rock/raggae/hip-hop band 311, off their album From Chaos, released in 2001.
- Champagne Supernova is a single released in 1996 by the band Oasis.
References
- ^ web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code for color #F7E7CE (Champagne):
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Champagne: Page 45 Plate 11 Color Sample B3 Note: The color called Champagne in the color box above (color #F7E7CE) matches the color shown as Champagne in Maerz and Paul.
- ^ web.forrett.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code for color #FAD6A5
See also
Shades of orangeAmber Apricot Atomic tangerine Bittersweet Brown Burnt orange Carrot orange Champagne Coral Dark salmon Deep carrot orange ECE/SAE Amber Flame Gamboge Gold Gold (metallic) International orange Lion Mahogany Old gold Orange Orange (web) Orange-red Orange peel Papaya whip Peach Peach-orange Peach-yellow Persian orange Portland Orange Princeton orange Pumpkin Rust Safety orange Salmon Satin sheen gold Sunset Tangelo Tangerine Tea rose Tenné Tomato Vermilion The samples shown above are only indicative. Categories:
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