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Beige is a very pale yellow
Yellow

Yellow is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M cone cells of the retina about equally, but does not significantly stimulate the S cone cells; that is, light with much red and green but not very much blue....
ish-cream color
Color

Color or colour is the visual perception property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, blue and others....
.

The term originates from beige cloth, a woollen fabric
Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by Spinning raw wool fibres, linen, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel to produce long strands known as yarn....
 left in its natural color. It has since come to be used for a range of light tint
Tint

In color theory, a tint is the mixture of a color with white.Tint may also refer to:* Tint control, an adjustment to correct for phase error in the picture color on a NTSC television set...
s chosen for their neutral or cool appearance.

In the 1950s, the meaning of the term beige expanded to the point where it is now also used for a wide range of pale brown
Brown

Brown, when used as a general term, is a color that is a dark yellow, orange , or red, of low luminance relative to lighter or white colored objects....
 shades.
color beige is displayed at right.

The first recorded use of beige as a color name in English was in 1887.






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Beige is a very pale yellow
Yellow

Yellow is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M cone cells of the retina about equally, but does not significantly stimulate the S cone cells; that is, light with much red and green but not very much blue....
ish-cream color
Color

Color or colour is the visual perception property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, blue and others....
.

The term originates from beige cloth, a woollen fabric
Textile

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by Spinning raw wool fibres, linen, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel to produce long strands known as yarn....
 left in its natural color. It has since come to be used for a range of light tint
Tint

In color theory, a tint is the mixture of a color with white.Tint may also refer to:* Tint control, an adjustment to correct for phase error in the picture color on a NTSC television set...
s chosen for their neutral or cool appearance.

In the 1950s, the meaning of the term beige expanded to the point where it is now also used for a wide range of pale brown
Brown

Brown, when used as a general term, is a color that is a dark yellow, orange , or red, of low luminance relative to lighter or white colored objects....
 shades.

Beige


The color beige is displayed at right.

The first recorded use of beige as a color name in English was in 1887.

Cosmic latte



Cosmic Latte is a name assigned in 2002 to the average color of the universe
Universe

The universe is defined as everything that physically exists: the entirety of space and time, all forms of matter, energy and momentum, and the physical laws and physical constants that govern them....
 (derived from a sampling of the electromagnetic radiation
Electromagnetic radiation

Electromagnetic radiation takes the form of wave propagation waves in a vacuum or in matter. EM radiation has an electric field and magnetic field component which oscillate in phase perpendicular to each other and to the direction of energy Wave propagation....
 from 200,000 galaxies), given by a team of astronomers from Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Hopkins or JHU, is a private university research university located in Baltimore, Maryland, Maryland, United States....
.

Beige and Ecru


The color ecru is displayed at right.

Originally in the 19th century and up to at least 1930, the color ecru meant exactly the same color as beige or pale cream color , and the word is often used to refer to such fabrics as silk and linen in their unbleached state. Ecru comes from the French word écru, which means literally 'raw' or 'unbleached'.

Since the 1950s, however, ecru
Ecru (colour)

Ecru describes the shade greyish-pale yellow or a light greyish-yellowish brown. It is often used to describe such fabrics as silk and linen in their unbleached state....
 has been considered a different color from beige.

French beige


At right is displayed the color French beige.

It is perhaps the existence of this color that led people to believe that beige is a light brown color instead of the pale cream shown in the color box at the beginning of this article. The first recorded use of French beige as a color name in English was in 1927.

The source of this color is the following website:

Colors in the beige range

Related names used for colors in the beige range include cream
Cream (colour)

Cream is the color of the cream produced by cattle grazing on natural pasture with plants rich in yellow carotenoid pigments, some of which are incorporated into the cream, to give a slight yellow tone to the white....
, buff
Buff (colour)

Buff is a pale yellow-brown colour that got its name from the colour of buff leather.Biology* Buff is widespread in the animal kingdom ....
, ecru
Ecru (colour)

Ecru describes the shade greyish-pale yellow or a light greyish-yellowish brown. It is often used to describe such fabrics as silk and linen in their unbleached state....
, tan
Tan (color)

Tan is a brownish, tawny color. The name is derived from tannum, or crushed oak bark, that is used in the process for tanning leather. The resulting process often produces a hide with a 'tan' hue....
, and Khaki
Khaki (color)

The name of the color khaki coined in British India comes from the Hindustani language usage of the incorporated Persian language and Lurish word khak meaning dust, and khaki meaning dusty, dust covered or earth colored....
. Pale beige tinted with grey or pink is commonly called oyster.

Beige in human culture

Business
Business

A business is a legally recognized organization designed to provide good s and/or Service to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalism economies, most being privately owned and formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners....
  • The Beige Book
    Beige Book

    The Beige Book, more formally called the Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions, is a report published by the Federal Reserve Board eight times a year....
    , more formally called the Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions, is a report
    Report

    In writing, a report is a document characterized by information or other content reflective of inquiry or investigation, which is tailored to the context of a given situation and audience....
     published by the Federal Reserve Board eight times a year
    Year

    A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is the time in which Mars completes its own orbit....
    . Each report is a gathering of "anecdotal information on current economic conditions" by each Federal Reserve Bank
    Federal Reserve Bank

    The United States Federal Reserve consists of twelve Federal Reserve Banks, each responsible for a particular district, and some with branches....
     in its district.
Computers
  • Beige shades have so often been used for personal computer
    Personal computer

    A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator....
     cases and peripherals like mice and monitors that the term beige box
    Beige box

    In consumer computer products, a beige box is a standard personal computer . It has come to be used as a term of derision implying conservative or dated aesthetics and unremarkable specifications....
     has come to mean an ordinary, run-of-the-mill, generic, unremarkable personal computer
    Personal computer

    A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose original sales price, size, and capabilities make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end user, with no intervening computer operator....
    , and by extension anything which is generic or run-of-the-mill.
Ethnography
Ethnography

Ethnography is a genre of writing that uses fieldwork to provide a descriptive study of human societies. Ethnography presents the results of a holism research method founded on the idea that a system's properties cannot necessarily be accurately understood independently of each other....
  • The skin color of some paler Caucasian
    Caucasian race

    The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the indigenous populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Asia, Central Asia and South Asia....
    s may be described as beige or peach
    Peach (color)

    Peach is a color that combines pink and orange colors. This color is named for the pale color of the peach fruit. Like the color Apricot , the color called peach is paler than most actual peach fruits and seems to have been formulated primarily to create a pastel palette of colors for interior design....
    .
Fashion
Fashion

Fashion refers to the styles and customs prevalent at a given time. In its most common usage, "fashion" exemplifies the appearances of clothing, but the term encompasses more....
  • Beige is a common color of cargo pants (the second most popular after khaki
    Khaki

    This article is about the textile. For the colour, see Khaki . Kaki, another name for the persimmon, is often misspelled "Khaki".Khaki is a type of textile or the Khaki ....
    ), and is the most popular shade of pantyhose
    Pantyhose

    Pantyhose are Sheer , close fitting coverings of the body from the waist to the feet. Traditionally considered a woman's garment, pantyhose appeared in the 1960s and provided a convenient alternative to stockings....
     (tights
    Tights

    Tights are a kind of cloth leg garment, most often sheathing the body from about the waist to the feet with a more or less tight fit, hence the name....
     in the UK).
Film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
  • Beige has also appeared as the lead character of a filmic serial story by Peninsula SUFM published in installments throughout July and August 2007. It was named the Serial Drama Movie and involved characters such as Red, Blue and Yellow, who were too cool for Beige, and made him feel ostracized.
Language
Language

A language is a form of symbol communication in which elements are combined to represents something other than themselves. Language can also refer to the use of such systems as a general phenomenon....
  • In many languages, as in English, the word for beige is an adaptation of the French word.
Sports
  • Beige was the color of New Zealand Cricket team from 1984-1989.


See also


  • List of colors
    List of colors

    The following is a complete list of colors with associated articles. See also color names and the list of color topics.Note that a large percentage of the color swatches below are taken from computer-domain-specific naming schemes such as X11 or HTML4 ....