Fallow (color)

Fallow (color)

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Fallow is a pale brown color that is the color of sandy soil in fallow fields.

"Fallow" is one of the oldest color names in English. The first recorded use of "fallow" as a color name in English was in the year 1000. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Fallow: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B5]

References

See also

*List of colors

External links

* [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-f.htm ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names] (1955) - Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See sample of the color Fallow (color sample #76) displayed on indicated page.


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