Cordovan
 
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Hex triplet#893F45
sRGBB (r, g, b)(137, 63, 69)
HSV (h, s, v)(355°, 54%, 54%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(37, 51, 8°)
SourcePantone Color Planner[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorDark red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cordovan is a rich shade of burgundy and a dark shade of rose. Cordovan takes its name from the city of Córdoba, Spain, where the production of cordovan leather was first practiced by the Visigoths in the seventh century.[2] The term cordovan has come to describe the color of clothing – leather in particular; in this sense, the use of cordovan overlaps with that of oxblood.

The first recorded use of cordovan as a color name in English was in 1925.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Shah, David. "Pantone View Color Planner Summer 2007 Key Color Combinations" (PDF). Metropolitan Publishing of Amsterdam. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-06. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  2. ^ Constable, Olivia Remie (1994). Trade and Traders in Muslim Spain. Cambridge University Press.
  3. ^ Maerz, A.; Paul, M. A. (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 193. (Color Sample of Cordovan on p. 39 Plate 8 Color Sample H8)
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