Marengo (color)
{{infobox color
|title=Marengo
|hex=4C5866
|source={{cite web|title=#4c5866 (Маренго)|url=http://colors.aeio.ru/color/4c5866|publisher=colors.aeio.ru|accessdate=25 May 2016|language=Russian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804105317/http://colors.aeio.ru/color/4c5866|archive-date=4 August 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Маренго|url=http://whoyougle.ru/services/color/4C5866|publisher=whoyougle.ru|accessdate=25 May 2016|language=Russian|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630115419/http://whoyougle.ru/services/color/4C5866|archive-date=30 June 2016|url-status=dead}}
|isccname=Grayish blue}}
{{infobox color
|title=Marengo-clair
|hex=D7D7D7
|source={{cite web|title=PINGOUIN 3,5 -- MARENGO CLAIR|url=http://www.pingouin.fr/pingouin-3-5-marengo-clair.html|publisher=pingouin.fr|accessdate=25 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=Pelote Pingouin 3.5 - 065 marengo clair|url=http://www.cultura.com/pingouin-3-5-065-marengo-cl-pingouin-3-5-065-marengo-cl-50g-3499340020156.html|publisher=cultura.com|accessdate=25 May 2016}}
|isccname=Light gray}}
Marengo is a shade of gray (black with gray tinge) or blue colors.{{cite web|title=Marengo|url=http://www.silestoneusa.com/color/marengo/|publisher=silestoneusa.com|accessdate=25 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=Marengo|url=http://www.colourlovers.com/color/5B5D74/Marengo|website=Colour Lovers|accessdate=25 May 2016}} Sometimes the color is described as a color of a wet asphalt. In the cloth manufacturing industry, marengo usually refers to the color of the fabric and means black or dark brown with small inclusions of white. Sometimes the word refers to black fabric with white threads.{{cite web|title=Чем цвет Бёдра испуганной нимфы отличается от цвета Адского пламени, или какие бывают цвета. (часть 6)|url=http://cult-and-art.net/society/110039-chem_cvet_byodra_ispugannoj_nimfy_otlichaetsja_ot_cveta_adskogo_plameni__ili_kakie_byvajut_cveta__chast_6|website=Культура и искусство|publisher=cult-and-art.net|accessdate=30 May 2016|date=24 November 2014}}
Origin
The name marengo appeared in Europe in the 18th century and meant a dark brown fabric with white speckles. The fabric was initially produced in the village of Spinetta Marengo in northern Italy. In France, the color was called marengo ou brun (marengo or brown).{{cite web|last1=Филипыч|first1=Филип|title=Франкофония. Marengo ou brun|url=http://diletant.media/blogs/60785/93/|website=Дилетант|publisher=diletant.media|accessdate=30 May 2016|language=Russian|date=9 September 2015}} After the Battle of Marengo of 14 June 1800, in which Napoleon Bonaparte's troops defeated the Austrian army, marengo became known as gray or black fabric with splashes of white or gray thread. This color became associated with a gray overcoat that Bonaparte briefly brought into vogue. Napoleon's famous war mount was also called Marengo.{{cite web|title=Warhorses of Letters: Episode 2|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016ldtq|website=BBC|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=25 May 2016}} Marengo color became popular in Russia, and, at the beginning of the 19th century, there appeared another, light gray variation of the color called marengo-claire (marengo light).
File:Iena.jpg (1836) by Horace Vernet. Napoleon wears a marengo overcoat.]]
Use
The marengo color was used in the Soviet Union for various uniforms. In 1921, the color was approved for Navy uniforms. In 1923, the Soviet Militsiya received new uniforms of marengo color.{{cite web|title=Форма одежды и знаки различия милиции январь 1923 - ноябрь 1928 года|url=http://www.vedomstva-uniforma.ru/mil23-28.html|publisher=vedomstva-uniforma.ru|accessdate=25 May 2016|language=Russian}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.todocoleccion.net/antiguedades/tela-sastre-lana-color-marengo~x35930790 Marengo fabrics]
- [http://newcarpet.com/interior/view/1224/8710 Marengo carpet]
- [http://papelpintadobarato.es/papeles-pintados/2020475-papel-pintado-efecto-cemento-cuarteado-color-gris-marengo.html Marengo wallpapers]
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