Cordovan (color) explained
| Cordovan |
| Hex: | 893F45 |
| Source: | Pantone Color Planner[1] |
| Isccname: | Dark red |
Cordovan is a rich shade of burgundy and a dark shade of rose. Cordovan takes its name from the city of Córdoba, Spain, where the production of cordovan leather was first practiced by the Visigoths in the seventh century.[2] The term cordovan has come to describe the color of clothingleather in particular; in this sense, the use of cordovan overlaps with that of oxblood.
The first recorded use of cordovan as a color name in English was in 1925.[3]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Pantone View Color Planner Summer 2007 Key Color Combinations . https://web.archive.org/web/20070106210317/http://www.retailinsights.be/uploadedfiles/eiseman%20key%20color%20combos.pdf . dead . 2007-01-06 . Metropolitan Publishing of Amsterdam . Shah. David . 2008-02-17.
- Book: Constable, Olivia Remie . Trade and Traders in Muslim Spain . . 1994.
- Book: Maerz . A. . Paul . M. A. . A Dictionary of Color . New York . 1930 . . 193. (Color Sample of Cordovan on p. 39 Plate 8 Color Sample H8)
