Bole (color)
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Bole is a shade of brown. There is an English
word bole meaning the trunk of a tree, but according to the American Heritage Dictionary, this word http://www.bartleby.com/61/34/B0373400.html is simply a homograph/homophone that does not share the etymological origin of the color word bole http://www.bartleby.com/61/35/B0373500.html, which derives from Latin bōlus (lump of earth) and refers to a kind of soft fine clay whose reddish-brown varieties are used as pigments, hence its use as a word for a reddish-brown color. Another name for the color bole is terra rosa. The color name terra rosa has been used as a synonym for bole since 1753. The color "terra rosa" is classified a warm red
color. In art
, it classified as being similar to Venetian red
, but more pink
or salmon
.
Bole is one of the oldest color
names in English
. The first recorded use of bole as a color name in English was in the year 1386.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
word bole meaning the trunk of a tree, but according to the American Heritage Dictionary, this word http://www.bartleby.com/61/34/B0373400.html is simply a homograph/homophone that does not share the etymological origin of the color word bole http://www.bartleby.com/61/35/B0373500.html, which derives from Latin bōlus (lump of earth) and refers to a kind of soft fine clay whose reddish-brown varieties are used as pigments, hence its use as a word for a reddish-brown color. Another name for the color bole is terra rosa. The color name terra rosa has been used as a synonym for bole since 1753. The color "terra rosa" is classified a warm red
Red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
color. In art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, it classified as being similar to Venetian red
Venetian red
Venetian red is a light and warm pigment that is a darker shade of scarlet, derived from nearly pure ferric oxide of the hematite type. Modern versions are frequently made with synthetic red iron oxide.-Venetian red:...
, but more pink
Pink
Pink is a mixture of red and white. Commonly used for Valentine's Day and Easter, pink is sometimes referred to as "the color of love." The use of the word for the color known today as pink was first recorded in the late 17th century....
or salmon
Salmon (color)
Salmon a range of pale pinkish-orange to light pink colors, named after the color of salmon flesh.The web color salmon is displayed at right.The first recorded use of salmon as a color name in English was in 1776...
.
Bole
Bole is one of the oldest color
Color
Color or colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, green, blue and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors...
names in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. The first recorded use of bole as a color name in English was in the year 1386.
External links
- http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-b.htm ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See sample of the color Bole (color sample #43) displayed on indicated page.