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“The Color Purple,” a vibrant adaptation of the book-turned-beloved-movie-turned-hit-Broadway-musical, dominated at the box office on Christmas Day. The film has outperformed expectations with ...
The color raspberry glacé is displayed on the right. It is a medium shade of raspberry that is used in interior design. The first recorded use of raspberry glacé as a color name in English was in 1926. [5] The source of this color is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers. [6]
Turquoise (/ ˈ t ɜːr k (w) ɔɪ z / TUR-k(w)oyz) is a cyan color, based on the mineral of the same name.The word turquoise dates to the 17th century and is derived from the French turquois, meaning 'Turkish', because the mineral was first brought to Europe through Turkey from mines in the historical Khorasan province of Iran (Persia) and Afghanistan today.
Puce is a brownish purple color. The term comes from the French couleur puce, literally meaning "flea color". [1]Puce became popular in the late 18th century in France. It appeared in clothing at the court of Louis XVI, and was said to be a favorite color of Marie Antoinette, though there are no portraits of her wearing it.
Illustration of Magenta on the CIE 1931 color space chart. Magenta is a color made up of equal parts of red and blue light. This would be the precise definition of the color as defined for computer display (the color #FF00FF shown in the color swatch above). It is a pure chroma on the RGB color wheel (File:RGB magentas .
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]
Eye color is an inherited trait determined by multiple genes. [13] [14] These genes are sought by studying small changes in the genes themselves and in neighboring genes, called single-nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs.
The color defined as yellow in the NCS or Natural Color System is shown at right (NCS 0580-Y). The Natural Color System is a color system based on the four unique hues or psychological primary colors red, yellow, green, and blue. The NCS is based on the opponent process theory of vision. The “Natural Color System” is widely used in Scandinavia.