Mulberry (color)

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The Mulberry variant used for Crayola crayons from 1958 to 2003.
 
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Hex triplet #C54B8C
sRGB B (r, g, b)(197, 75, 140)
HSV (h, s, v)(328°, 62%, 77%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(50, 77, 341°)
Source Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor Strong purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The colour mulberry is a representation of the color of mulberry jam or pie, a darker color than that of the fresh fruit. Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, include burgundy, claret and maroon.

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The first recorded use of mulberry as a color name in English was in 1776. [1]

Mulberries Morus alba fruits.jpg
Mulberries

It some parts of Latin America the term is used for a lighter, redder raspberry tone.[ citation needed ]

Commercial uses and variants

General Motors Holden released a model in the colour Mulberry. It was the 1979 SL/E Statesman.

Prismacolor also made a pencil after the colour mulberry, which was number 995.

See also

References

  1. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Mulberry: Plate 48 Color Sample E9