Fallow (color)

Fallow
Fallow
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#C19A6B
HSV (h, s, v)	(33°, 45%, 76%)
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(193, 154, 107)
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light yellowish brown
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte); H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Fallow is a pale brown color that is the color of withered foliage or sandy soil in fallow fields.^[1]

Fallow deer

Fallow is one of the oldest color names in English. The first recorded use of fallow as a color name in English was in the year 1000.^[2] The color was historically often used to describe the coats of some animals, such as fallow deer.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b St. Clair, Kassia (2016). The Secret Lives of Colour. London: John Murray. p. 244–245. ISBN 9781473630819. OCLC 936144129.
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Fallow: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B5

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ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) - Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps—See sample of the color Fallow (color sample #76) displayed on indicated page.

[StClair-1] St. Clair, Kassia (2016). The Secret Lives of Colour. London: John Murray. p. 244–245. ISBN 9781473630819. OCLC 936144129.

[2] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Fallow: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B5

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