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'''Puce''' is a brownish purple | '''Puce''' is a brownish purple color. The term comes from the [[French language|French]] {{lang|fr|couleur puce}}, literally meaning "[[flea]] color".<ref name=oed>{{Cite OED|puce|3451789277}}</ref> | ||
Puce became popular in the late 18th century in France. It appeared in clothing at the court of [[ | Puce became popular in the late 18th century in France. It appeared in clothing at the court of [[Louis XVI]]. The color was said to be a favourite color of [[Marie Antoinette]]; however, there are no portraits of her wearing it.<ref>{{Cite book|last=St. Clair|first=Kassia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0gUEDgAAQBAJ&q=puce+color&pg=PT98|title=The Secret Lives of Color|date=2017-10-24|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-1-5247-0494-0|language=en|archive-date=14 September 2024|access-date=7 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914005220/https://books.google.com/books?id=0gUEDgAAQBAJ&q=puce+color&pg=PT98|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first=Katy |last=Kelleher |date=2017-10-24 |title=The Sexy-Gross Story of Puce |url=https://www.theawl.com/2017/10/the-sexy-gross-story-of-puce/ |access-date=2020-09-04 |website=The Awl |language=en |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914005220/https://www.theawl.com/2017/10/the-sexy-gross-story-of-puce/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Under The Moonlight |date=2020-07-14 |title=Puce Was Once The Height Of 18th Century French Fashion For A Second |url=https://underthemoonlight.ca/2020/07/14/puce-was-once-popular-in-16th-century-france/ |access-date=2020-09-04 |website=Under The Moonlight |language=en |archive-date=14 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914005222/https://underthemoonlight.ca/2020/07/14/puce-was-once-popular-in-16th-century-france/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Puce was also a popular fashion | Puce was also a popular fashion color in 19th-century [[Paris]]. In his novel {{lang|fr|[[Nana (novel)|Nana]]}}, [[Émile Zola]] describes a woman "dressed in a dark gown of an equivocal color, somewhere between puce and goose shit."<ref>{{cite book|quote={{lang|fr|Vêtue d'une robe sombre de couleur indécise, entre le puce et le caca d'oie.}}|last=Zola|first=Émile|title=Nana|date=1880|location=Paris|publisher=G. Charpentier|page=45|url=https://archive.org/details/nanazolae00zola/page/45}}</ref> In [[Victor Hugo]]'s {{lang|fr|[[Les Misérables]]}}, Mademoiselle Baptistine wears "a gown of puce-colored silk, of the fashion of 1806, which she had purchased at that date in Paris, and which had lasted ever since."<ref>{{cite book|last=Hugo|first=Victor|translator-last1=Hapgood|translator-first1=Isabel F.|title=Les Misérables|date=1887|location=New York|publisher=Thomas Y. Crowell|page=67|url=https://archive.org/details/lesmisrables01unkngoog/page/n79}}</ref> | ||
==Variations of puce== | ==Variations of puce== | ||
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The color at right is called ''puce'' in the [[Pantone]] color list. | The color at right is called ''puce'' in the [[Pantone]] color list. | ||
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #19-1518 TPX—Puce.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx |title=Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder--Type the word "Puce" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color appears | The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #19-1518 TPX—Puce.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx |title=Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder--Type the word "Puce" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color appears |access-date=28 May 2013 |archive-date=10 September 2015 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20150910082906/http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/colorfinder.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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Puce is a brownish purple color. The term comes from the French Script error: No such module "Lang"., literally meaning "flea color".[1]
Puce became popular in the late 18th century in France. It appeared in clothing at the court of Louis XVI. The color was said to be a favourite color of Marie Antoinette; however, there are no portraits of her wearing it.[2][3][4]
Puce was also a popular fashion color in 19th-century Paris. In his novel Script error: No such module "Lang"., Émile Zola describes a woman "dressed in a dark gown of an equivocal color, somewhere between puce and goose shit."[5] In Victor Hugo's Script error: No such module "Lang"., Mademoiselle Baptistine wears "a gown of puce-colored silk, of the fashion of 1806, which she had purchased at that date in Paris, and which had lasted ever since."[6]
Variations of puce
Puce (ISCC-NBS)
Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other The color to the right is the color called puce in the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955). Since this color has a hue code of 353, it is a slightly purplish red.
Puce (Maerz and Paul)
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The color box to the right shows the color called puce in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color;[7] the color puce is displayed on page 37, Plate 7, Color Sample H4.
Puce (Pourpre color list)
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Puce (Pantone)
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The color at right is called puce in the Pantone color list.
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #19-1518 TPX—Puce.[8]
See also
References
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