Mustard (color)
A plaster wall painted a dark shade of mustard called "baby mustard"
| Mustard | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FFDB58 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 219, 88) |
| CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (1, 12, 77, 0) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (47°, 65.5%, 100%) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul[1] |
|
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
Mustard is a light orange color that resembles culinary mustard. It is similar to the color Flax.
The first recorded use of mustard as a color name in English was in 1886.[2]
In human culture
- In the board game Cluedo, one of the color-coded murder suspects is a yellow character named Colonel Mustard.
- Mustard is the color of the belt awarded to the winner of the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest at Nathan's Famous in Coney Island, New York.
- In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a mustard bandana means that one is a size queen.[3][4][5] However, the color called "mustard" in the bandana code is darker than the mustard color shown above--it is identical with the X11 color called goldenrod.
See also
References
- ↑ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called mustard in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill;the color mustard is displayed on page 45, Plate 11, Color Sample J4.
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Mustard: Page 45 Plate 11 Color Sample J4
- ↑ Andrews, Vincent (2010), The Leatherboy Handbook, The Nazca Plains Corp., ISBN 978-1-61098-046-3
- ↑ Hankycode on gaycitiusa.com access date 2012-03-30
- ↑ Hankycode on leathernjonline.com access date 2010-03-30
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