Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Vanilla (color)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Hex triplet
  
#F3E5AB

CMYK   (c, m, y, k)
  
(0, 6, 30, 5)

Source
  
ISCC NBS

sRGB  (r, g, b)
  
(243, 229, 171)

HSV       (h, s, v)
  
(48°, 30%, 95%)

The color vanilla is a rich tint of off-white as well as a medium pale tint of yellow.

Contents

The first recorded use of vanilla as a color name in English was in 1925.

The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Vanilla (color sample #89).

Vanilla ice

At right is displayed the color vanilla ice.

The color name vanilla ice for this pinkish tone of vanilla has been in use since 2001, when it was introduced as one of the colors on the Xona.com color list.

Dark vanilla

At right is displayed the color dark vanilla.

This is the color called vanilla on the Xona.com Color List.

Vanilla in culture

City Planning

  • The vanilla suburbs are suburbs that are inhabited primarily by white people.

    • Film

  • Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American psychological thriller film directed by Cameron Crowe.

    • Music

  • Vanilla Ice is an American rapper whose single "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard charts--this occurred in 1990.

    • References

    Vanilla (color) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA