Mulberry (color)
The color mulberry is displayed on the right. This color is a representation of the color of mulberry jam or pie. This was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 2003.
| Mulberry | |
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 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #C54B8C |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (285°, 67%, 70%) |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (197, 75, 140) |
| Source | Crayola |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong purplish red |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
The first recorded use of mulberry as a color name in English was in 1776.[1]
It has some similarities with the color raspberry, a shade of red also called mulberry in some countries of Latin America.
General Motors Holden released a model in the color Mulberry. It was the 1979 SL/E Statesman.
Prismacolor also made a pencil after the color mulberry which was number 995
See also
- List of colors
- Murrey
References
- Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Mulberry: Plate 48 Color Sample E9
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