Champagne (color)

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Champagne-colored topaz crystals on quartz Quartz-Topaz-gem7-76d.jpg
Champagne-colored topaz crystals on quartz

The color champagne is a name given for various very pale tints of yellowish-orange that are close to beige. The color's name is derived from the typical color of the beverage Champagne.

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Champagne

Champagne
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #F7E7CE
sRGB B (r, g, b)(247, 231, 206)
HSV (h, s, v)(37°, 17%, 97%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(92, 23, 62°)
Source /Maerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptor Pale yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color champagne is displayed at right.

The first recorded use of champagne as a color name in English was in 1915. [1]

A glass of Champagne Champagne.jpg
A glass of Champagne

Variations of champagne

Medium champagne

Medium champagne
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #F3E5AB
sRGB B (r, g, b)(243, 229, 171)
HSV (h, s, v)(48°, 30%, 95%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(91, 44, 75°)
Source ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor Pale greenish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color medium champagne.

The medium tone of "champagne" displayed at right is the color called champagne in the Dictionary of Color Names (1955) in color sample #89. [2]

Deep champagne

Deep champagne
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #FAD6A5
sRGB B (r, g, b)(250, 214, 165)
HSV (h, s, v)(35°, 34%, 98%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(88, 47, 56°)
Source ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor Light yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The deep tone of "champagne" displayed at right is the color called champagne in the Dictionary of Color Names (1955) in color sample #73. [3]

Dark champagne

Dark champagne
 
Gtk-dialog-info.svg    Color coordinates
Hex triplet #C2B280
sRGB B (r, g, b)(194, 178, 128)
HSV (h, s, v)(45°, 34%, 76%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(73, 39, 71°)
Source ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor Grayish yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color dark champagne.

The dark tone of "champagne" displayed at right is the color called champagne in the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) in color sample #90.

Champagne in human culture

Animal husbandry

Astronomy

Merchandise

See also

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References

  1. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Champagne: Page 45 Plate 11 Color Sample B3 Note: The color called Champagne in the color box above (color #F7E7CE) matches the color shown as Champagne in Maerz and Paul.
  2. "ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) in color sample #89". Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
  3. "ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) in color sample #73". Archived from the original on 2017-07-30.