Beige#French beige

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|title=Cosmic latte

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{{main|Cosmic latte}}

Cosmic latte is a name assigned in 2002 to the average color of the universe (derived from a sampling of the electromagnetic radiation from 200,000 galaxies), given by a team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins University.

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|title=Cream

|hex=FFFDD0

|isccname=Light yellow green}}

{{Main|Cream (colour)}}Cream is the color of the cream produced by cattle grazing on natural pasture with plants rich in yellow carotenoid pigments, some of which are incorporated into the cream, to give a yellow tone to white.

The first recorded use of cream as a color name in English was in 1590.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 206; Color Sample of Cream: p. 41 Plate 9 Color Sample D4 The color shown above matches the color sample in the book.

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|title=Unbleached silk

|hex=FFDDCA

|source=JTC

|isccname=Pale orange yellow}}

Unbleached silk is one of the Japanese traditional colors in use since beginning in 660 CE in the form of various dyes that are used in designing kimonos.Nagasaki, Seiki. Nihon no dentoshoku : sono shikimei to shikicho, Seigensha, 2001. {{ISBN|4-916094-53-0}}Nihon Shikisai Gakkai. Shinpen shikisai kagaku handobukku, Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai, 1985. {{ISBN|4-13-061000-7}}

The name of this color in Japanese is {{lang|ja-latn|shironeri}}.

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|title=Tuscan

|hex=FAD6A5

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|isccname=Light yellow}}

{{Main|Tuscan red}}

The first recorded use of Tuscan as a color name in English was in 1887.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 206; Color Sample of Tuscan: p. 43 Plate 10 Color Sample E5

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|title=Buff

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|isccname=Light yellow

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{{Main|Buff (colour)}}

Buff is a pale yellow-brown color that got its name from the color of buffed leather.{{Citation

|last=Paterson

|first=Ian

|title=A Dictionary of Colour

|edition=1st paperback

|year=2003

|publication-date=2004

|publisher=Thorogood

|location=London

|isbn=1-85418-375-3

|oclc=60411025

|page=73

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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, buff as a descriptor of a color was first used in the London Gazette of 1686, describing a uniform to be "A Red Coat with a Buff-colour'd lining".{{cite web|title=buff, adj.1|url=https://www.oed.com/Entry/24298|work=Oxford English Dictionary|publisher=OUP|access-date=21 April 2011}}

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|title=Desert sand

|hex=EDC9AF

|source=Crayola

|isccname=Pale orange yellow}}

{{Main|Desert sand (color)}}

The color desert sand may be regarded as a deep shade of beige. It is a pale tint of a color called desert. The color name "desert" was first used in 1920.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill p. 194; Color Sample of Desert: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample I7

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In the 1960s, the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T) marketed desert sand–colored telephones for offices and homes. However, they described the color as "beige". It is therefore common for many people to refer to the color desert sand as "beige".

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|title=Ecru

|hex=C2B280

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|isccname=Grayish yellow}}

{{main|Ecru}}

Originally in the 19th century and up to at least 1930, the color ecru meant exactly the same color as beige (i.e. the pale cream color shown above as beige),Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 149—Discussion of the color Beige (shown in this book's color sample as being the same color that is displayed as "beige" in the Wikipedia color box shown above) notes that beige is exactly the same color as Ecru. and the word is often used to refer to such fabrics as silk and linen in their unbleached state. Ecru comes from the French word {{Lang|fr|écru}}, which means literally "raw" or "unbleached".

Since at least the 1950s, however, the color ecru has been regarded as a different color from beige, presumably in order to allow interior designers a wider palette of colors to choose from.{{Cite web |url=http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-e.htm |title=ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names (1955): Ea through Ez |access-date=2007-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220724/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-e.htm |archive-date=2012-11-22 |url-status=usurped |website=Retsof}}{{unreliable source?|date=November 2022}}

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|title= Khaki

|hex= C3B091

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|isccname=Grayish yellow

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{{Main|Khaki}}

Khaki was designated in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color, the standard for color nomenclature before the introduction of computers.

The first recorded use of khaki as a color name in English was in 1848.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 197; Color Sample of Khaki: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample J7

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|title=French beige

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|source=ISCC-NBS{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234718/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-f.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

|isccname=Light brown}}

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| title=Light French beige

| hex=C8AD7F

| source=[http://pourpre.com/fr/dictionnaire/file/beige Pourpre.com]

| isccname=Grayish yellow

}}The first recorded use of French beige as a color name in English was in 1927.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 195; Color Sample of French beige: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample A7

The normalized color coordinates for French beige are identical to café au lait and Tuscan tan, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1839Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 191; Color Sample of Cafe au Lait: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample A6 and 1926,Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 206; Color Sample of Tuscan tan: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample C8 respectively.

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|title=Mode beige

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|isccname=Light olive brown}}

Mode beige is a very dark shade of beige.

The first recorded use of mode beige as a color name in English was in 1928.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 199; Color Sample of Mode Beige: p. 47 Plate 14 Color Sample B5

The normalized color coordinates for mode beige are identical to the color names drab, sand dune, and bistre brown, which were first recorded as color names in English, respectively, in 1686,Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 194 1925,Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 204; Color Sample of Sand Dune: p. 47 Plate 14 Color Sample B5 and 1930.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill p. 53 Plate 15 Color Sample C9

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Fish

• Beige catshark

Mammal

• Beige rabbit

Beige is sometimes used as a metaphor for something which is bland, boring, conventional, or even sad. In this sense, it is used in contradistinction to more vibrant and exciting (or more individual) colors.{{Cite book|title=The Secret Lives of Colour|last=St. Clair|first=Kassia|publisher=John Murray|year=2016|isbn=9781473630819|location=London|pages=58–59|oclc=936144129}}

• Beige box
• The Beige Room
• Drab (color)
• List of colors
• Off-white
• RAL 1001 Beige

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