Magnolia (color)

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A Magnolia Flower.
Magnolia
 
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Hex triplet #F2E8D7
sRGB B (r, g, b)(242, 232, 215)
HSV (h, s, v)(38°, 11%, 95%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(92, 16, 64°)
Source British Standard 08B1 [1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor Yellowish white
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Magnolia is a color named after the flowering plant of the genus Magnolia . As magnolias have flowers of more than one color, mainly cream or pale purple, magnolia may refer to different colors in different countries.

An early use of magnolia as a colour name in English was in 1880, describing it as a "tint of cream-color". [2] In the UK, magnolia is a creamy colour defined by British Standard BS 08B15, with the sRGB value (244, 233, 216) and CMYK (Coated) value (0, 5, 25, 0). [3] Although the interiors of houses in the UK have commonly been painted in pale "stone colours" since the 18th century, the use of the name "magnolia" only dates from the 1950s. [4]

The Australian Standard AS 2700 definition of magnolia is noticeably more saturated than the British Standard one although its hue and luminosity are nearly the same: sRGB(240,223,196), HSV(79,16,90) [5]

An alternative definition of the colour was published in America in 1925. Maerz and Paul's A Dictionary of Colour depicts three shades which are described as magnolia: [6] However magnolia does not appear to be in common use as a colour name in the USA: the UK English Cambridge Dictionary entry for magnolia defines it both as "a type of tree with large, usually white or pink flowers" and "a pale cream colour", but its US English entry refers only to the tree. [7]

Magnolia in human culture

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References

  1. "Lab, RGB, CYMK and HLC Values for 08 B 15 - Magnolia from the BS 4800/5252 colour range". www.e-paint.co.uk.
  2. "The Thomaston Express". No. 1. Thomaston, CT. 2 April 1880. p. 1, col 7, line 24. Retrieved 24 May 2016. Magnolia white is the name of a new tint of cream-colour.
  3. "Lab, RGB, CYMK and HLC Values for 08 B 15 - Magnolia from the BS 4800/5252 colour range". www.e-paint.co.uk.
  4. "Stone Colour | Patrick Baty – Historical paint consultant".
  5. Australian Standard AS 2700 reference X32 (Magnolia)
  6. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill
  7. "MAGNOLIA | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary".
  8. Magnolia shades it (Daily Telegraph article)
  9. Magnolia paints Archived 2014-04-26 at the Wayback Machine Dulux paint range
  10. Sleeping Murder (chapter 1), by Agatha Christie, publ. Collins Crime Club, 1976