Puce
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Puce is a brownish purple colour. The term comes from the French Script error: No such module "Lang"., literally meaning "flea colour".[1]
Puce became popular in the late 18th century in France. It appeared in clothing at the court of Louis XVI. The colour was said to be a favourite colour of Marie Antoinette; however, there are no portraits of her wearing it.[2][3][4]
Puce was also a popular fashion colour 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 colour, somewhere between puce and goose shit."[5] In Victor Hugo's Script error: No such module "Lang"., Mademoiselle Baptistine wears "a gown of puce-coloured 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)
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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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