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{{Infobox color
|title=Seashell
|hex=FFF5EE
|source=[[Web colors#X11 color names|X11]]
|isccname=Yellowish white}}
[[File:Seashell unknown.jpg|alt=Seashell in the sand|thumb|Seashell in the sand]]
'''Seashell''' is an off-white [[Color|color]] that resembles some of the very pale pinkish tones that are common in many [[Biology:Seashell|seashell]]s.

The first recorded use of ''seashell'' as a color name in [[Social:English language|English]] was in 1926.<ref> Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Seashell: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample A4</ref>

In 1987, "seashell" was included as one of the X11 colors.  

[[File:Shell Beach Western Australia.jpg|thumb|[[Biology:Cockle (bivalve)|Cockle]] on the Shell Beach, Western Australia]]

==See also==
*List of colors

==References==
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{{Shades of white|Seashell}}
{{Shades of orange}}
{{Shades of pink}}

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