Cream (colour)
Cream is the colour of the cream produced by cattle grazing on natural pasture with plants rich in yellow carotenoid pigments, some of which are incorporated into the fresh milk (specifically, the butterfat). This gives a yellow tone to otherwise-white milk at higher fat concentrations (so the colour of dairy cream could be considered partway between the colours of natural cow’s milk and butter). Cream is the pastel colour of yellow, much as pink is to red. By mixing yellow and white, cream can be produced.
Strawberries with cream
| Cream | |
|---|---|
 Colour coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FFFDD0 |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (57°, 18%, 100%) |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 253, 208) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Light yellow green |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
The first recorded use of cream as a colour name in English was in 1590.[1]
Cream in nature
- Birds
- Mammals
Cream in human culture
Art
Clothing
- Men's white tuxedo jackets are usually a shade of cream or ivory to better stand out against the white dress shirt.
Interior design
- The colour cream is widely used as one of the off-white colours in interior design.
Sports
- The Indiana University Bloomington Hoosiers' official colours are cream and crimson.[2]
- The University of Nebraska Cornhuskers' official colours are scarlet and cream.
- The University of Oklahoma Sooners' official colours are crimson and cream.
- Club América's official colours are cream and blue.
See also
- List of colours
- Tints and shades
References
- Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 206; Colour Sample of Cream: Page 41 Plate 9 Colour Sample D4 The colour shown above matches the colour sample in the book.
- "Colors IU". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
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