Eggplant (color)
Eggplant is a dark purple[1] or brownish-purple[2] color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants.[3] Another name for the color eggplant is aubergine[2] (the French, German and British English word for eggplant).
purple |
aubergine |
magenta |
| Eggplant | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #614051 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (97, 64, 81) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (329°, 34%, 38%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (31, 20, 337°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark purplish red |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The first recorded use of eggplant as a color name in English was in 1915.[4]
The pinkish-purple-grayish color shown in the color box as eggplant was introduced by Crayola in 1998.[5]
Different varieties of eggplant may range from indigo to white (the term eggplant originated as a description of white colored eggplants because they look like eggs). Chinese eggplants are the same shape as a European eggplant, but are colored a dark violet color. Thai eggplants are small, round, and colored forest green.
Purple is a more used term.
References
- David Grambs (1995). The Describer's Dictionary: A Treasury of Terms and Literary Quotations. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-31265-8.
- William Yewdale Adams (1986). Ceramic Industries of Medieval Nubia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-0500-5.
- Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.:1994--Merriam-Webster Page 369
- Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194; Color Sample of Eggplant: Page 119 Plate 48 Color Sample H12
- Crayola. "Crayola Creativity Central". Retrieved 31 May 2010.
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