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Tawny (also called
Tawny (also called tenné
In heraldry, tenné (; sometimes termed tenny or tawny) is a "stain", or non-standard tincture, of orange (in English blazonry), light brown (in French heraldry) or orange- tawny (in continental heraldry) colour.
Tenné, however, is not to be c ...
) is a light brown
Brown is a color. It can be considered a composite color, but it is mainly a darker shade of orange. In the CMYK color model used in printing or painting, brown is usually made by combining the colors orange and black. In the RGB color model used ...
to brownish-orange
Orange most often refers to:
*Orange (fruit), the fruit of the tree species '' Citrus'' × ''sinensis''
** Orange blossom, its fragrant flower
*Orange (colour), from the color of an orange, occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum
* ...
color
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.
Etymology
The word means "tan-colored", fromAnglo-Norman Anglo-Norman may refer to:
*Anglo-Normans, the medieval ruling class in England following the Norman conquest of 1066
* Anglo-Norman language
**Anglo-Norman literature
* Anglo-Norman England, or Norman England, the period in English history from 10 ...
''tauné'' "associated with the brownish-yellow of tanned leather
Tanning may refer to:
*Tanning (leather), treating animal skins to produce leather
*Sun tanning, using the sun to darken pale skin
**Indoor tanning, the use of artificial light in place of the sun
**Sunless tanning, application of a stain or dye t ...
", from Old French
Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligib ...
''tané'' "to tan hides", from Medieval Latin
Medieval Latin was the form of Literary Latin used in Roman Catholic Western Europe during the Middle Ages. In this region it served as the primary written language, though local languages were also written to varying degrees. Latin functioned ...
''tannare'', from ''tannum'' "crushed oak bark", used in tanning leather, probably from a Celtic
Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to:
Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
source (e.g. Breton
Breton most often refers to:
*anything associated with Brittany, and generally
** Breton people
** Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany
** Breton (horse), a breed
**Ga ...
''tann'', "oak tree").
Electronic definitions of tawny
A digitized version of the 1912 book ''Color Standards And Color Nomenclature'' lists tawny as AE6938, tawny-olive as 826644 or 967117, ochraceous-tawny as BE8A3D or 996515, and vinaceous-tawny as B4745E.HP Labs
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' ''Online Color Thesaurus'', which lists colors found through their ''Color Naming Experiment'', gives tawny as CC7F3B, noting it is "rarely used", and lists its synonyms as: light chocolate, caramel, light brown, and camel.
Dictionary of Color lists tawny as AE6938 or A67B5B, and tawny birch as A87C6D, A67B5B or 958070. It also lists "lion tawny" (which it also refers to as just "lion
The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...
") as C19A6B or 826644. Orange tawny is listed as CB6D51.
Resene RGB Values List includes "Resene Tawny Port" as 105, 37, 69 (#692545), while Resene-2007-rgb lists tawny port as 100, 58, 72 (#643A48).
While tan
Tan or TAN may refer to:
Businesses and organisations
* Black and Tans, a nickname for British special constables during the Irish War of Independence. By extension "Tans" can now also colloquially refer to English or British people in general, es ...
is defined since HTML4 and elsewhere, the color names tawny, tenné and fulvous do not appear in the standard web colors
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used by HTML
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, CSS
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, and SVG. Most standard X11 color name files also do not have these names. However, many color lists include "Tenné (Tawny)" as #CD5700.
The proprietary Pantone
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TC color system includes Tawny Olive, Tawny Birch, Tawny Brown, Tawny Orange, and Tawny Port. It also has several shades of tan: Apricot Tan, Copper Tan, Rose Tan, Tan, Pastel Rose Tan, and Indian Tan.
The color burnt orange
In optics, orange has a wavelength between approximately 585 and 620 nm and a hue of 30° in HSV color space. In the RGB color space it is a secondary color numerically halfway between gamma-compressed red and yellow, as can be seen in ...
, having the hex number CC5500, is sometimes considered to be a close approximation to tawny. The color tan
Tan or TAN may refer to:
Businesses and organisations
* Black and Tans, a nickname for British special constables during the Irish War of Independence. By extension "Tans" can now also colloquially refer to English or British people in general, es ...
may also be considered synonymous with tawny, or a different shade: #D2B48C. Fulvous
Fulvous is a colour, sometimes described as dull orange, brownish-yellow or tawny; it can also be likened to a variation of buff, beige or butterscotch. As an adjective it is used in the names of many species of birds, and occasionally other ani ...
, meaning tawny-colored, may also be considered synonymous or its own shade.
Swatches
;Related colors ;Synonyms Colors listed as synonyms by HP Labs' ''Online Color Thesaurus''. ;VariationsSee also
*Fulvous
Fulvous is a colour, sometimes described as dull orange, brownish-yellow or tawny; it can also be likened to a variation of buff, beige or butterscotch. As an adjective it is used in the names of many species of birds, and occasionally other ani ...
* Tan (color)
Tan is a pale tone of brown. The name is derived from tannum (oak bark) used in the tanning of leather.
The first recorded use of ''tan'' as a color name in English was in the year 1590.
Colors which are similar or may be considered synonymou ...
* Tenné
In heraldry, tenné (; sometimes termed tenny or tawny) is a "stain", or non-standard tincture, of orange (in English blazonry), light brown (in French heraldry) or orange- tawny (in continental heraldry) colour.
Tenné, however, is not to be c ...
, the color used in heraldry
* Lion (color)
Lion is a color that is a representation of the average color of the fur of a lion.
The lion is a feline top predator found in Africa and India.
The lion was poetically called the '' king of beasts'' in the great chain of being, one of th ...
* Camel (color)
Camel is a color that resembles the color of the hair of a camel.
The first recorded use of ''camel'' as a color name in English was in 1916.
The normalized color coordinates for camel are identical to fallow, wood brown and desert, which we ...
* Fallow (color)
Fallow is a pale brown color that is the color of withered foliage or sandy soil in fallow fields.St. Clair, pp. 244–245
Fallow is one of the oldest color names in English. The first recorded use of ''fallow'' as a color name in English was i ...
* List of colors
These are the lists of colors;
* List of colors: A–F
* List of colors: G–M
* List of colors: N–Z
* List of colors (compact)
* List of colors by shade
* List of color palettes
* List of Crayola crayon colors
* List of RAL colors
* List ...
* Buff (colour)
Buff (latin ''bubalinus'') is a light brownish yellow, ochreous colour, typical of buff leather. Buff is a mixture of yellow ochre and white: two parts of white lead and one part of yellow ochre produces a good buff, or white lead may be tin ...
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