Isabelline (colour)
Isabelline | ||
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(95, 4, 55°) | ||
Source | Maerz and Paul[1] | |
ISCC–NBS descriptor | Yellowish white | |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Isabelline (
Usage and origins
The first recorded use of isabella as the name of a colour in English was in the year 1600,
A few theories have been proposed for the origin of the colour's name. According to a popular legend, the name comes from
Other theories focus on animals close to the colour as the source of the word. In 1904 several writers to the journal
In animals
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The term is found in reference to plumage colouring in the bird species names isabelline bush-hen, isabelline wheatear, and isabelline shrike, as well as in other descriptions of birds. The genetic pigmentation disorder isabellinism seen in birds is derived from the colour word and is a form of leucism caused by a uniform reduction in the production and expression of melanin resulting in areas of plumage on the back of the bird, normally black, being strongly faded, or isabelline, in appearance.[10] Isabellinism has been reported in several species of penguin.[11][12] However, only about one in every 50,000 penguins possess this trait.
Isabelline and isabella are terms applied in Europe to very pale
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The description has also been used in the UK for fawn coloured Doberman dogs.
Literary usage
Rudyard Kipling used this colour in "Kim": "a Hindu urchin in a dirty turban and Isabella-coloured clothes".
See also
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- List of colours
- Animal colouration
- Equine coat colour genetics
References
- ^ a b Maerz, Aloys John; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. McGraw-Hill Book Company. pp. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample K7, 197.
- ^ a b "isabella". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Nichols, John, ed. (1823). The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth. Vol. III. London: John Nichols and Son. p. 505.
- ^ a b "isabelline". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
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- ^ D'Israeli, Isaac (1823). "Anecdotes of Fashion". Curiosities of Literature. Vol. II (7th ed.). London: John Murray. pp. 94–95.
- ^ World Wide Words. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
- ^ Alarcon (2 December 2023). "The smell of a lie". El Confidencial. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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