Harvest gold explained

Harvest gold
Hex:E6A817
Isccname:Strong orange yellow

Harvest gold is a shade of orange and yellow. The first recorded use of harvest as a color name in English was in 1923.[1] It was popular with kitchen and other appliances during the 1970s,[2] [3] along with brown, burnt orange, and avocado green.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Aloys John . Maerz . Morris Rea . Paul . A Dictionary of Color . New York . 1930 . McGraw-Hill . 196 . Color Sample of Harvest: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample H9
  2. Book: Leatrice Eiseman . Keith Recker . Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color . 2011 . Chronicle Books . 978-1-4521-1313-5 . 139.
  3. Book: Steven Bleicher . Contemporary Color: Theory and Use . 2011 . Cengage Learning . 978-1-111-53891-0 . 21.
  4. Book: National Kitchen and Bath Association. Kitchen Planning: Guidelines, Codes, Standards. The 1970s [...] Colors such as coppertone brown, burnt orange, avocado green, and harvest gold were all the rage.. 2013. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-118-36762-9. 19.
  5. Book: Stonebach, Diane. Kitchen Collectibles. 1994. Wallace-Homestead. 978-0-87069-668-8. 158. By 1971, the electric unit pictured was available in harvest gold, burnt orange and avocado, which were popular colors at the time..