fawn (colour)
{{Short description|Yellowish tan colour}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox colour
| title = Fawn
| spelling = colour
| pic = 5
| hex = E5AA70
| symbolism = Dog coat
| source = X11
| isccname = Moderate orange yellow
}}{{Other uses|Fawn (disambiguation)}}File:Oola - 6 months.jpg.]]
Fawn is a light yellowish tan colour. It is usually used in reference to clothing, soft furnishings and bedding, as well as to a dog's coat colour. It occurs in varying shades, ranging between pale tan to pale fawn to dark deer-red.
The first recorded use of fawn as a colour name in English was in 1789.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Fawn: Page 51 Plate 14 Color Sample A7
Fawn in dog breeds
The fawn coat colour is found in many breeds, such as Boxers, Great Danes, Pugs, and in the crossbreed Puggles. Genetically, in most cases the colour is due to the recessive ay gene at the Agouti locus.{{cite web|url=http://homepage.usask.ca/~schmutz/agouti.html#fawn|title=Agouti and its Interactions in Dogs|access-date=2013-10-09|author=Schmutz, Shelia|archive-date=2016-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212061453/http://homepage.usask.ca/~schmutz/agouti.html#fawn|url-status=dead}} Some breeds, such as Chows and Doberman Pinschers use the term "fawn" to describe a red dog (at the Eumelanin locus) that carries a copy of the dilution gene; in Dobermans this colour is more commonly called "Isabella".
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References
- [http://web.forret.com/tools/color.asp?RGB=%23E5AA70 Web.forret.com Colour Conversion Tool, set to hex code of colour #E5AA70 (Fawn)]
- [http://www.colorhexa.com/e5aa70 ColorHexa]
- [http://www.colorcodehex.com/e5aa70/ #E5AA70]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131219031710/http://dataanalysers.com/e5aa70/ #E5AA70 Analysis]