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Cream (colour)

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Hex triplet
  
#FFFDD0

CMYK   (c, m, y, k)
  
(0, 1, 18, 0)

Source
  
Maerz and Paul

sRGB  (r, g, b)
  
(255, 253, 208)

HSV       (h, s, v)
  
(57°, 18%, 100%)

Cream is the colour of the cream produced by cattle grazing on natural pasture with plants rich in yellow carotenoid pigments, some of which are incorporated into the light, to give a yellow tone to white. Cream is the pastel colour of yellow, much like as pink is to red. By mixing yellow and white, cream can be produced.

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The first recorded use of cream as a colour name in English was in 1590.

Cream in nature

Birds
  • The cream-coloured courser
  • The cream-coloured woodpecker
    • Mammals
  • The cream-coloured giant squirrel

    • Art

  • Cream is used as a skin tone in some forms of art, mostly anime.

    • Clothing

  • Men's white tuxedo jackets are usually a shade of cream or ivory to better stand out against the white dress shirt.

    • Interior design

  • The colour cream is widely used as one of the off-white colours in interior design.

    • Sports

  • The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers official colours are scarlet and cream.
  • The University of Oklahoma Sooners official colours are crimson and cream.

    • References

    Cream (colour) Wikipedia
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