Eggplant (color)
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #614051 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (97, 64, 81) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (329°, 34%, 38%) |
| Source | Crayola | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Eggplant is a dark purple[1] or brownish-purple[2] color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants.[3] Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine[2] (the French and British English word for eggplant).
The first recorded use of eggplant as a color name in English was in 1915.[4]
The pinkish-purple-grayish color shown in the color box as eggplant was introduced by Crayola in 1998.[5]
Different varieties of eggplant may range from indigo to white (The term eggplant originated as a description of white colored eggplants because they look like eggs). Chinese eggplants are the same shape as a European eggplant, but are colored a dark violet color. Thai eggplants are small, round, and colored forest green.
[edit] References
- ^ David Grambs (1995). The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393312658. http://books.google.com/books?id=DjL6ByAcP6IC&pg=PA159&dq=eggplant+brownish-purple&as_brr=3&ei=drgfScWmLpDckATDyeXhDw#PPA159,M1.
- ^ a b William Yewdale Adams (1986). Ceramic Industries of Medieval Nubia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813105005. http://books.google.com/books?id=yuSQSPlcKgAC&pg=RA1-PA591&dq=aubergine+eggplant+color&ei=K7YfSZiwK4bokATxoqiyDw.
- ^ Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachuetts, U.S.A.:1994--Merriam-Webster Page 369
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194; Color Sample of Eggplant: Page 119 Plate 48 Color Sample H12
- ^ Crayola. "Crayola Creativity Central". http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/history/action_index.cfm. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
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| Amethyst | Byzantium | Cerise | Eggplant | Fandango | Fuchsia | Heliotrope | Indigo | Lavender blush | Lavender (floral) |
| Lavender (web) | Magenta | Orchid | Plum | Purple | Red-violet | Rose | Thistle | Violet | Wisteria |
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