Vanilla (color)
This article is about the color. For other uses, see Vanilla (disambiguation).
| Vanilla | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #F3E5AB |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (243, 229, 171) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 6, 30, 5) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (48°, 30%, 95[1]%) |
| Source | ISCC NBS |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
The color vanilla is a rich tint of off-white as well as a medium pale tint of yellow.
The first recorded use of vanilla as a color name in English was in 1925.[2]
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Vanilla (color sample #89).
Variations of vanilla
Vanilla ice
| Vanilla Ice | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #F3D9DF |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (243, 217, 223) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 11, 8, 5) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (346°, 11%, 95[3]%) |
| Source | Xona.com Color List |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
At right is displayed the color vanilla ice.
The color name vanilla ice for this pinkish tone of vanilla has been in use since 2001, when it was introduced as one of the colors on the Xona.com color list.
Dark vanilla
| Vanilla (Xona.com) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #D1BEA8 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (209, 190, 168) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (0, 9, 20, 18) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (32°, 20%, 82[4]%) |
| Source | Xona.com Color List |
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B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
At right is displayed the color dark vanilla.
This is the color called vanilla on the Xona.com Color List.
Vanilla in culture
- The vanilla suburbs are suburbs that are inhabited primarily by white people.
- Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American psychological thriller film directed by Cameron Crowe.
- Vanilla Ice is an American rapper whose single "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts--this occurred in 1990.
See also
References
- ↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #F3E5AB (Vanilla):
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 206; Color Sample of Vanilla: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample C3
- ↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #F3D9DF (Vanilla Ice):
- ↑ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #D1BEA8 (Dark Vanilla):
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