Thistle (color)

Thistle (color)

infobox color
title=Thistle
hex=D8BFD8
r= 216|g= 191|b= 216
c=18|m=27|y=2|k=1
h=300|s=12|v=85
source=X11

Thistle is a pale purple-ish color resembling the thistle plant. It closely resembles the color Wisteria.

The first recorded use of "Thistle" as a color name in English was in 1892. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample of Thistle: Page 107 Plate 42 Color Sample J7]

Thistle in human culture

Geography
* The color thistle is associated with Scotland because the thistle is the national flower of Scotland and Scotland's highest state decoration is the Order of the Thistle.

References

See also

* List of colors


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