Fallow (color)

Fallow is a pale brown color that is the color of withered foliage or sandy soil in fallow fields.[1]

Fallow deer
Fallow
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#C19A6B
HSV       (h, s, v)(33°, 45%, 76%)
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(193, 154, 107)
SourceISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptorLight yellowish brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

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.[2] The color was historically often used to describe the coats of some animals, such as fallow deer.[1]

See also
  • List of colors

References
  1. St. Clair, Kassia (2016). The Secret Lives of Colour. London: John Murray. p. 244–245. ISBN 9781473630819. OCLC 936144129.
  2. 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
  • ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) - Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps—See sample of the color Fallow (color sample #76) displayed on indicated page.
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