Vanilla (color)
Encyclopedia
The color vanilla is a rich tint
of off-white
as well as a medium pale tint of yellow
.
The first recorded use of vanilla as a color name in English
was in 1925.
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Vanilla (color sample #89).
Tint
In color theory, a tint is the mixture of a color with white.Tint may also refer to:* Tint control, an adjustment to correct for phase error in the picture color on a NTSC television set* Tint , an album by Merzbow...
of off-white
Off-white
Shades of white are colors that differ only slightly from pure white. Variations of white include what are commonly termed off-white colors, which may be considered part of a neutral color scheme, pervasively paired with beiges in the 1930s, and especially popular again from roughly 1955 to 1975...
as well as a medium pale tint of yellow
Yellow
Yellow is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M cone cells of the retina about equally, with no significant stimulation of the S cone cells. Light with a wavelength of 570–590 nm is yellow, as is light with a suitable mixture of red and green...
.
The first recorded use of vanilla as a color name in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
was in 1925.
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Vanilla (color sample #89).