Mustard (color)

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Mustard
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FFDB58
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 219, 88)
HSV (h, s, v)(47°, 65%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(88, 85, 69°)
SourceMaerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorBrilliant yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
A plaster wall painted a dark shade of mustard called "baby mustard"
A jar of mustard
A jar of mustard

Mustard is a dull/dark yellow color that resembles culinary mustard. It is similar to the color Flax.

The first recorded use of mustard as a color name in English was in 1886.[2]

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  1. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called mustard in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill;the color mustard is displayed on page 45, Plate 11, Color Sample J4.
  2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Mustard: Page 45 Plate 11 Color Sample J4
  3. ^ Andrews, Vincent (2010), The Leatherboy Handbook, The Nazca Plains Corp., ISBN 978-1-61098-046-3
  4. ^ Hankycode on gaycitiusa.com Archived 2007-12-06 at the Wayback Machine access date 2012-03-30
  5. ^ Hankycode on leathernjonline.com access date 2010-03-30