Fallow (color)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other Fallow is a pale brown color that is the color of withered foliage or sandy soil in fallow fields.[1] This however is a post factum rationalization, and the etymologies are distinct.
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Fallow is one of the oldest color names in English. The first recorded use of fallow as a color name in English was in the year 1000.[2] The color was historically often used to describe the coats of some animals, such as fallow deer.[1]
The normalized color coordinates for fallow are identical to wood brown, camel and desert, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1886,[3]Template:Efn 1916,[4] and 1920,[5] respectively.
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- ↑ a b St. Clair, pp. 244–245
- ↑ Maerz & Paul, p. 195; Color Sample of Fallow: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B5
- ↑ Ridgway (1886), pp. 36, 54, 117; Color Sample of Wood Brown: Plate III fig. 19
- ↑ Maerz & Paul, p. 191; Color Sample of Camel: p. 49 Plate 15 Color Sample A6
- ↑ Maerz & Paul, p. 203; Color Sample of Desert: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample I7
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- ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color NamesTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (1955) - Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps—See sample of the color Fallow (color sample #76) displayed on indicated page.
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