Flax (color)
Flax or Flaxen is a pale yellowish-gray, the color of straw or unspun dressed flax. An early use of "flaxen" to describe hair color appears in David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens: Mr. Omer's granddaughter, Minnie, is described as "a pretty little girl with long, flaxen, curling hair."[2] The first recorded use of flax as a color name in English was in 1915.[3]
Dressed flax
| Flax | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #EEDC82 |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (50°, 45%, 93%) |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (238, 220, 130) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Light greenish yellow |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
References
- The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called flax in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color flax is displayed on page 47, Plate 12, Color Sample B2.
- "David Copperfield," by Charles Dickens London:1849 Bradbury and Evans
- Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Flax: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B2
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