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According to available sources, the etymology of "puce" is French "puce" from Old French "pulce", from Latin "pūlic-", "pūlex". |
According to available sources, the etymology of "puce" is French "puce" from Old French "pulce", from Latin "pūlic-", "pūlex". |
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In 2007, a survey of 6,000 American households found that puce was judged to be the second "ugliest" color, slightly behind brown. |
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==Puce in [[Western culture|Western]] [[Popular culture|pop culture]]== |
==Puce in [[Western culture|Western]] [[Popular culture|pop culture]]== |
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| Puce | |
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 Colour coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #CC8899 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (204, 136, 153) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 73, 66, 59) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (345°, 33%, 80%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (64, 43, 356°) |
| Source | background colour at www.puce.com, codes obtained with ColorPic freeware colour picker by Iconico Software |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
Puce is a colour that is defined as ranging from reddish-brown to purplish-brown, with the latter being the more widely-accepted definition found in reputable sources. It can be used as either a noun (the name of the colour) or as an adjective (something having that colour).
The Oxford English Dictionary dates the use of "puce" (in couleur puce) from 1775. The word comes from French; puce literally means "flea", as the usual flea colouration is either dark reddish-brown or dark purplish-brown.
According to available sources, the etymology of "puce" is French "puce" from Old French "pulce", from Latin "pūlic-", "pūlex".
In 2007, a survey of 6,000 American households found that puce was judged to be the second "ugliest" color, slightly behind brown.
Puce in Western pop culture
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- In "Summer of the Swans" the main character tries to dye her orange shoes light blue but the result is puce which horrifies her.
- "Puce" is used as a joke to unofficially refer to the non-existent sixth colour in Magic: The Gathering.
- A collection of Walt Kelly's influential Pogo comics was called "The Pogo Puce Stamp Catalog". It had a puce cover.
- In A more humane Mikado (Let the Punishment Fit the Crime) by Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado sings of the dire fate of the woman "who stains her gray hair puce".
- In the film Santa Claus: The Movie the colour puce is chosen for the magic lollipops manufactured by B.Z. Toys.
- The colour puce is referred to in the movie Monsters, Inc. when Mike gives Sulley instructions regarding filing of paperwork ("Leave the puce!"). Sully remarks while studying the papers, "Oh, so that's puce."
- Kenneth Anger made a short film called Puce Moment.
- In the film Pleasantville, puce is one of the 'banned' paint colours listed by Mayor Big Bob (J.T. Walsh) in the courtroom scene.
- In the film Hannah and Her Sisters, Frederick throws a potential art buyer out of his loft when the buyer asks if he has "something with a little puce in it."
- Puce is one of the school colours for Purchase College, SUNY, a liberal, artsy college in the suburbs of NYC, the other colour being heliotrope.
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