Flax (color)

Flax
 
Dressed flax
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#EEDC82
sRGBB (r, g, b)(238, 220, 130)
HSV (h, s, v)(50°, 45%, 93%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(87, 63, 75°)
SourceMaerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorLight greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Flax or Flaxen is a pale yellowish-gray, the color of straw or unspun dressed flax. The first recorded use of flax as a color name in English was in 1915,[2] but "flaxen" had been used to describe hair color in David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens in 1849: Mr. Omer's granddaughter, Minnie, is described as "a pretty little girl with long, flaxen, curling hair."[3]

  1. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called flax in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color flax is displayed on page 47, Plate 12, Color Sample B2.
  2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Flax: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B2
  3. ^ "David Copperfield," by Charles Dickens London:1849 Bradbury and Evans