Cream is the colour of the cream produced by cattle grazing on natural pasture with plants rich in yellow

carotenoid Carotenoids (), also called tetraterpenoids, are yellow, orange, and red organic compound, organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria, and Fungus, fungi. Carotenoids give the characteristic color to pumpki ...

pigments, some of which are incorporated into the fresh milk (specifically, the butterfat). This gives a yellow tone to otherwise- white milk at higher fat concentrations (so the colour of dairy cream could be considered partway between the colours of natural cow’s milk and butter). Cream is the

pastel A pastel () is an art medium in a variety of forms including a stick, a square a pebble or a pan of color; though other forms are possible; they consist of powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are similar to those use ...

colour of yellow, much as pink is to red. By mixing yellow and white, cream can be produced. Strawberry ice cream dessert

The first recorded use of ''cream'' as a colour name in English was in 1590.

In nature

;Birds * The cream-coloured courser * The cream-coloured woodpecker ;Mammals * The

cream-coloured giant squirrel The cream-coloured giant squirrel or pale giant squirrel (''Ratufa affinis'') is a large tree squirrel in the genus '' Ratufa'' found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) and nearby ...

In human culture

Art

* Cream is used as a

skin tone Human skin color ranges from the darkest brown to the lightest hues. Differences in skin color among individuals is caused by variation in pigmentation, which is the result of genetics (inherited from one's biological parents and or individu ...

in some forms of art, mostly anime. It is also used to describe the general skin tone of East and South East Asia.

Clothing

* Men's white tuxedo jackets are usually a shade of cream or ivory to better stand out against the white dress shirt.

Interior design

* The colour cream is widely used as one of the

off-white Shades of white are colors that differ only slightly from pure white. Variations of white include what are commonly termed off-white colors, which may be considered part of a neutral color scheme or yellow that looks like brown. In color theo ...

colours in interior design.

Sports

* The Indiana University Bloomington Hoosiers' official colours are cream and

crimson Crimson is a rich, deep red color, inclining to purple. It originally meant the color of the kermes dye produced from a scale insect, ''Kermes vermilio'', but the name is now sometimes also used as a generic term for slightly bluish-red colo ...

. * The University of Nebraska

Cornhuskers The Nebraska Cornhuskers (often abbreviated to Huskers) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference, and the Cornhuskers compete in NCAA Divis ...

' official colours are

scarlet Scarlet may refer to: * Scarlet (cloth), a type of woollen cloth common in medieval England * Scarlet (color), a bright tone of red that is slightly toward orange, named after the cloth * Scarlet (dye), the dye used to give the cloth its color * ...

and cream. *The University of Oklahoma

Sooners Sooners is the name given to settlers who entered the Unassigned Lands in what is now the state of Oklahoma before the official start of the Land Rush of 1889. The Unassigned Lands were a part of Indian Territory that, after a lobbying campaign, ...

' official colours are crimson and cream. *

Club América Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football ...

's original colours are cream and blue, before switching to yellow and blue. *

Universitario de Deportes Club Universitario de Deportes, popularly known as Universitario or simply as La "U", is a Peruvian football club located in Lima. The club was founded in 1924 under the name Federación Universitaria by students of the National University of S ...

' official colours are cream and burgundy. *

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista Sport Club Corinthians Paulista () is a Brazilian sports club based in the Tatuapé district of São Paulo. Although competing in a number of different sports, Corinthians is mostly known for its professional association football team that plays ...

's first uniform featured cream shirts before switching definitively to white shirts (due to a washing up error), which were kept since then.

References

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