Fallow (color)

Fallow
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #C19A6B
sRGBB  (r, g, b) (193, 154, 107)
CMYKH   (c, m, y, k) (0, 14, 33, 8)
HSV       (h, s, v) (33°, 45%, 76%)
Source ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Fallow is a pale brown color that is the color of sandy soil in fallow fields.

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.[1] Also rooted in this older color, is Indian tradition in South Africa where it has been dubbed Ravi Brown.

See also

References

  1. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Fallow: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B5

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