Fawn (colour)
| Fawn | |
|---|---|
| Common connotations | |
| Source | X11 |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate orange yellow |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Fawn is a light
colour. It is usually used in reference to clothing, soft furnishings and bedding, as well as to a dog
's coat colour. It occurs in varying shades, ranging between pale tan to pale fawn to dark deer-red.
The first recorded use of fawn as a colour name in English was in 1789.[1]
Fawn in dog breeds
The fawn
Doberman Pinschers
use the term "fawn" to describe a red dog (at the Eumelanin locus) that carries a copy of the dilution gene; in Dobermans this colour is more commonly called "Isabella".
See also
- List of colours
Notes
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Fawn: Page 51 Plate 14 Color Sample A7
- ^ Schmutz, Shelia. "Agouti and its Interactions in Dogs". Archived from the original on 2016-12-12. Retrieved 2013-10-09.
References
- Web.forret.com Colour Conversion Tool, set to hex code of colour #E5AA70 (Fawn)
- ColorHexa
- #E5AA70
- #E5AA70 Analysis
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fawn dogs.