Ecru
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| 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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Look up ecru in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
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] Uses
- Uruguayan club Barrio Sur F.C. wear ecru colour as their away kit.
- English club Liverpool F.C. had an ecru shirt as part of their away kit in the 1996/97 season.
- In the episode "The Second Time Around" of The Secret Life of the American Teenager, which first aired February 1, 2010, not wanting to wear white, Betty decides she wants to wear an "ecru" wedding dress.
[edit] See also
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| Amber | Apricot | Beige | Buff | Cream | Dark goldenrod | Ecru | Gold | Gold (metallic) | Goldenrod |
| Green-yellow | Jasmine | Jonquil | Khaki | Lemon chiffon | Lime | Lion | Maize | Mikado yellow | Naples yellow |
| Navajo white | Olive | Papaya whip | Saffron | School bus yellow | Selective yellow | Stil de grain yellow | Sunglow | Vanilla | Yellow |
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| Auburn | Beaver | Beige | Bistre | Bole | Bronze | Brown | Buff | Burgundy | Burnt sienna |
| Burnt umber | Camel | Chamoisee | Chestnut | Chocolate | Citrine | Coffee | Copper | Cordovan | Desert sand |
| Earth yellow | Ecru | Fallow | Fawn | Field drab | Fulvous | Isabelline | Khaki | Lion | Liver |
| Mahogany | Maroon | Ochre | Raw umber | Redwood | Rufous | Russet | Rust | Sand | Sandy brown |
| Seal brown | Sepia | Sienna | Sinopia | Tan | Taupe | Tawny | Umber | Wenge | Wheat |
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