Chocolate (color)
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The color chocolate is a tone of dark brown that resembles chocolate. The color chocolate is shown on the right of the screen. [1]
The first written use of chocolate as a color name in English was in 1737.[2]
Meaning of chocolate
[change | change source]- The color chocolate represents African Americans. For example, in African American slang, the city Washington, D.C. is called Chocolate City because of its overwhelmingly African American population. [3][4]
Tones of chocolate color comparison chart
[change | change source]| Name | Color | HEX Code | Red | Green | Blue | Hue | Sat | Lum | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocoa Brown | #D2691E | 210 | 105 | 30 | 25° | 86% | 47% | web color | |
| Medium Chocolate | #905D5D | 144 | 93 | 93 | 0° | 35% | 46% | ISCC-NBS Chocolate #19 | |
| Chocolate | #7B3F00 | 123 | 63 | 0 | 31° | 100% | 24% | PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul | |
| Dark Chocolate | #674C47 | 103 | 76 | 71 | 9° | 31% | 34% | ISCC-NBS Chocolate #46 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called chocolate in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color chocolate is displayed on page 39, Plate 8, Color Sample H10.
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Chocolate: Page 39 Plate 8 Color Sample H10 Note: the color shown above as "chocolate" matches the color sample in this book shown as "chocolate"
- ↑ Urban Dictionary—“Chocolate City”:
- ↑ Barrack Obama uses the term "Chocolate City" in 2008: