Ecru

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Ecru
— Colour coordinates —
Hex triplet		#C2B280
RGBB	(r, g, b)	(194, 178, 128)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(39°, 27%, 77%)
Source		ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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Ecru describes the shade greyish-pale yellow or a light greyish-yellowish brown. It is often used to describe such fabrics as silk and linen in their unbleached state. Ecru comes from the French word écru, which means literally 'raw' or 'unbleached'.

In the 1930s and before, ecru was considered to be the same colour as the colour beige (a synonym or alias for beige), but since the 1950s ecru and beige have been regarded as two different colours.

Source of colour: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Ecru (colour sample #90):

[edit] Ecru in human culture

Sports

• In the 1990s Liverpool Football Club wore what they called an "Ecru" shirt; however, this was a cream colour.
• Uruguayan club Barrio Sur F.C. wear ecru colour as away kit.

v • d • e Shades of yellow
Amber	Apricot	Beige	Buff	Chartreuse yellow	Cream	Dark goldenrod	Ecru	Flax	Gamboge
Golden	Goldenrod	Golden poppy	Golden yellow	Green-yellow	Khaki	Lemon	Lemon chiffon	Lime	Maize
Metallic gold	Mustard	Navajo white	Old Gold	Olive	Papaya whip	Peach-yellow	Pear	Saffron	School bus yellow
Selective yellow	Tangerine yellow	Yellow
The samples shown above are representative only.

v • d • e Shades of brown
Auburn	Beige	Bistre	Bole	Bronze	Brown	Buff	Raw umber	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber
Chocolate	Copper	Cordovan	Desert sand	Ecru	Fallow	Khaki	Liver	Mahogany	Ochre
Wheat	Russet	Rust	Sandy brown	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Tan	Taupe
The samples shown above are representative only.