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Flax (color)

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Hex triplet
  
#EEDC82

CMYK   (c, m, y, k)
  
(7, 8, 60, 0)

Source
  
Maerz and Paul

sRGB  (r, g, b)
  
(238, 220, 130)

HSV       (h, s, v)
  
(50°, 45%, 93%)

Flax (color)

Flax or Flaxen is a pale yellowish-gray color named after flax seeds. 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." The first recorded use of flax as a color name in English was in 1915.

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"
    • 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.
    • Anime
  • In the series Legend of the Legendary Heroes, Ferris is shown to have flaxen hair

    • References

    Flax (color) Wikipedia
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