Mahogany (color)

Mahogany
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#C04000
sRGBB (r, g, b)(192, 64, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)(20°, 100%, 75%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(45, 111, 20°)
SourceMaerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorStrong yellowish brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Mahogany is a reddish-brown color. It is approximately the color of the wood mahogany. However, the wood itself, like most woods, is not uniformly the same color and is not recognized as a color by most.

The first recorded use of mahogany as a color name in English was in 1737.[2]

  1. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called mahogany in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color mahogany is displayed on page 37, Plate 7, Color Sample J10.
  2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 198; Color Sample of Mahogany: Page 37 Plate 7 Color Sample J10