Eggplant (color)
purple
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aubergine
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magenta
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| Eggplant | |
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 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #614051 |
| Source | Crayola |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark purplish red |
Eggplant is a dark purple[1] or brownish-purple[2] color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants.[3] Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine[2] (the French, German and British English word for eggplant).
The first recorded use of eggplant as a color name in English was in 1915.[4]
The pinkish-purple-grayish color shown in the color box as eggplant was introduced by Crayola in 1998.[5]
Different varieties of eggplant may range from indigo to white (the term eggplant originated as a description of white colored eggplants because they look like eggs). Chinese eggplants are the same shape as a European eggplant, but are colored a dark violet color. Thai eggplants are small, round, and colored forest green.
Purple is a more used term.
References
- ↑ David Grambs (1995). The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-31265-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=DjL6ByAcP6IC&q=eggplant+brownish-purple&pg=PA159.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 William Yewdale Adams (1986). Ceramic Industries of Medieval Nubia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-0500-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=yuSQSPlcKgAC&q=aubergine+eggplant+color&pg=RA1-PA591.
- ↑ Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.:1994--Merriam-Webster Page 369
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194; Color Sample of Eggplant: Page 119 Plate 48 Color Sample H12
- ↑ Crayola. "Crayola Creativity Central". http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/history/action_index.cfm.
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