Flax (color)
| Flax | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #EEDC82 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (238, 220, 130) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (50°, 45%, 93%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (87, 63, 75°) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul[1] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Flax or Flaxen is a pale yellowish-gray, the color of straw or unspun dressed flax. An early use of "flaxen" to describe hair color appears in David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens: Mr. Omer's granddaughter, Minnie, is described as "a pretty little girl with long, flaxen, curling hair."[2] The first recorded use of flax as a color name in English was in 1915.[3]
Flax in culture
- Literature
- In the novel The Island of Doctor Moreau, the character Montgomery has flaxen hair.
- In the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the girl Ermengarde St. John is described as having flaxen hair.
- Dr Kemp, a character from The Invisible Man, is described as having "flaxen hair"
- Zossimov, a character from Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, is described as having "straight flaxen hair."
- In A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, Tobias Gregson has flaxen hair.
- In David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Mr. Omer's granddaughter Minnie is described as "a pretty little girl with long, flaxen, curling hair".
- In the book Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter, the main character Pollyanna is known for her "flaxen hair"
- In Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews, Chris the father is described as having flaxen blonde hair
- Music
- French impressionistic composer Claude Debussy's prelude N.8 Book 1 for Piano, La fille aux cheveux de lin ("The Girl with the Flaxen Hair"), uses the color flax in its title.
- Pop music singer, producer and songwriter Mariah Carey published "Sunflowers for Alfred Roy" on her ninth studio album entitled Charmbracelet released in December, 2002. Mariah Carey delivers a graceful and farewell letter to her black father who has died. A line in the lyrics on the 14 track of the album says ("Thank you for embracing a flaxen-haired baby").
- Anime
- In the series The Legend of the Legendary Heroes, Ferris is shown to have flaxen hair
References
- ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called flax in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color flax is displayed on page 47, Plate 12, Color Sample B2.
- ^ "David Copperfield," by Charles Dickens London:1849 Bradbury and Evans
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Flax: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B2
See also
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