Bole (color)

Bole (color)

Bole is a color that is a symbolic representation of the color of the trunk of a tree.Fact|date=November 2007 There is an English word "bole" meaning the trunk of a tree, but according to the American Heritage Dictionary, this word [http://www.bartleby.com/61/34/B0373400.html] is simply a homograph/homophone that does not share the etymological origin of the color word "bole" [http://www.bartleby.com/61/35/B0373500.html] , which derives from Latin "bōlus" (lump of earth) and refers to a kind of soft fine clay whose reddish-brown varieties are used as pigments, hence its use as a word for a reddish-brown color.

Bole

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title= Bole
hex=79443B
r=121|g= 68|b= 59
c= 0|m= 70|y= 60|k= 20
h= 30|s= 24|v= 34
source= [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-b.htm ISCC-NBS]
The color bole is displayed at right.

This color represents the color of a "bole" (the trunk of a tree).Fact|date=November 2007

"Bole" is one of the oldest color names in English. The first recorded use of "bole" as a color name in English was in the year 1386. [ Maerz and Paul "A Dictionary of Color" New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Bole: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample F11]

It is interesting to note that even though the actual trunks of most trees are a lighter shade of brown than this, when given a set of paints that includes various shades of brown to children to make their "lollypop"-like paintings of a tree, they seem to instinctively choose this color to paint the trunk of the tree.Fact|date=November 2007

References

External links

* [http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-b.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 Bole (color sample #43) displayed on indicated page.

See also

* List of colors


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