Coffee (color) explained

Coffee
Hex:6F4E37
Source:ISCC-NBS
Isccname:Moderate brown

Coffee is a brownish color that is a representation of a roasted coffee bean. Different types of coffee beans have different colors when roasted—the color coffee represents an average.

The first recorded use of coffee as a color name in English was in 1695.[1]

The normalized color coordinates for coffee are identical to Tuscan brown, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1913.[2]

Variations of coffee

Café au Lait

Café au Lait
Hex:A67B5B
Source:ISCC-NBS
Isccname:Light brown

The color displayed at right is café au lait, also known as coffee and milk or latte. This is a representation of the color of coffee mixed with milk, which when prepared commercially by a barista in a coffee shop is known as a latte.

The first recorded use of cafe au lait as a color name in English was in 1839.[3]

The normalized color coordinates for café au lait are identical to Tuscan tan and French beige, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1926[4] and 1927,[5] respectively.

Café Noir

Café Noir
Hex:4B3621
Source:ISCC-NBS
Isccname:Dark yellowish brown

The color displayed at right is café noir, also known as black coffee. It is a representation of the color of brewed black coffee.

The first recorded use of cafe noir as a color name in English was in 1928.[6]

See also

References

  1. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 193; Color Sample of Coffee: p. 53—Plate 15 Color Sample A11
  2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 206; Color Sample of Tuscany: p. 37 Plate 7 Color Sample H12
  3. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 191; Color Sample of Cafe au Lait: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample A6
  4. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 206; Color Sample of Tuscan tan: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample C8
  5. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 195; Color Sample of French beige: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample A7
  6. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 191; Color Sample of Cafe Noir: p. 39—Plate 8 Color Sample H12

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