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Sadd colors or sad colors were the colors of choice for the clothing of the members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in seventeenth century America ("sadd"/ "sad" carried the meaning of "seriousness" rather than "sorrowfulness"). The Puritans have often been depicted wearing simple black and white, but for them, the color "black" was itself considered too bold for regular use and was reserved for community elders and for highly formal occasions such as when having one's portrait painted. Black was considered so formal in part because black dye was difficult to obtain and black clothing had a tendency to fade to other colors rather quickly. The Puritans, then, designated a set of deliberately subdued colors which they called "sadd", for their everyday use.

Colors

This list includes colors designated in Puritan Massachusetts, but is not exhaustive.^[1]^[2]

liver color
de Boys - the color of "the wood", from du bois in French
tawney
russet
rust
purple
French green - a very pale shade of gray-green
ginger lyne
deer color
orange
gridolin - from the French gris de lin, "flax blossom", a color resembling periwinkle
puce
folding color
Kendall green - a dark variety of French green
Lincoln green - a more vivid shade of green akin to forest green
barry
milly
tuly
philly mort - from the French words feuille morte, "dead leaf", a dark gray-brown

Example Swatches


Liver #6C2E1F	Rust #B7410E	Puce #CC8899
Russet #80461B	Lincoln Green #195905	Gridolin #80667B
Kendall Green #527564	Tawney #A67B5B	Philly Mort #9E7824

References

^ David Hackett Fischer (14 March 1991). Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America. Oxford University. pp. 100–102. ISBN 978-0-19-974369-8.
^ John A. Grigg (2008). British Colonial America: People and Perspectives. ABC-CLIO. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-59884-025-4.

[Fischer1991-1] David Hackett Fischer (14 March 1991). Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America. Oxford University. pp. 100–102. ISBN 978-0-19-974369-8.

[Grigg2008-2] John A. Grigg (2008). British Colonial America: People and Perspectives. ABC-CLIO. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-59884-025-4.

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+{{Short description|Clothing colors in colonial New England}}
-'''Sadd colors''' or '''sad colors''' were the colors of choice for the clothing of the members of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] in seventeenth century America ("sadd"/ "sad" carried the meaning of "seriousness" rather than "sadness"). The [[Puritan]]s have often been depicted wearing simple black and white, but for them, the color "black" was itself considered too bold for regular use and was reserved for community elders and for highly formal occasions such as when having one's portrait painted.  Black was considered so formal in part because black dye was difficult to obtain and black clothing had a tendency to fade to other colors rather quickly.  The Puritans, then, designated a set of colors which they called "sadd" colors for their everyday use.  These colors were deliberately subdued, and included such named colors as [[Liver (color)|liver color]], de Boys (the color of "the wood", from ''du bois'' in French), [[tawny (color)|tawney]], [[russet]], rust, purple, French green, ginger lyne, deer color, orange. gridolin (from the French ''gris de lin'', "flax blossom", a color resembling [[periwinkle]]), [[puce]], folding color, Kendall green, Lincoln green, barry, milly, tuly, and philly mort (from the French words ''feuille morte'', "dead leaf").<ref name="Fischer1991">{{cite book|author=David Hackett Fischer|title=Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDugJTHHAwC&pg=PP100|date=14 March 1991|publisher=Oxford University |isbn=978-0-19-974369-8|pages=100–102}}</ref><ref name="Grigg2008">{{cite book|author=John A. Grigg|title=British Colonial America: People and Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6REfahE4TkwC&pg=PA53|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-025-4|page=53}}</ref>
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+[[File:A fair Puritan.png|thumb|The subject of "A fair Puritan" wearing typical subdued "sadd" colors.]]
+'''Sadd colors''' or '''sad colors''' were the colors of choice for the clothing of the members of the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] in seventeenth century America ("[[wikt:sad#Middle English:~:text=(obsolete) Dignified, serious, grave.|sadd]]"/ "sad" carried the meaning of "seriousness" rather than "sorrowfulness"). The [[Puritan]]s have often been depicted wearing simple black and white, but for them, the color "black" was itself considered too bold for regular use and was reserved for community elders and for highly formal occasions such as when having one's portrait painted. Black was considered so formal in part because black dye was difficult to obtain and black clothing had a tendency to fade to other colors rather quickly. The Puritans, then, designated a set of deliberately subdued colors which they called "sadd", for their everyday use.
-==References==
+== Colors ==
+[[File:Portrait of John Eliot.jpg|thumb|Portraits, especially of colonial officials and clergy, disproportionately showcase black clothing.]]This list includes colors designated in Puritan Massachusetts, but is not exhaustive.<ref name="Fischer1991">{{cite book |author=David Hackett Fischer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDugJTHHAwC&pg=PP100 |title=Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America |date=14 March 1991 |publisher=Oxford University |isbn=978-0-19-974369-8 |pages=100–102}}</ref><ref name="Grigg2008">{{cite book |author=John A. Grigg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6REfahE4TkwC&pg=PA53 |title=British Colonial America: People and Perspectives |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-59884-025-4 |page=53}}</ref>
+* [[Liver (color)|liver color]]
+* de Boys - the color of "the wood", from ''du bois'' in French
+* [[tawny (color)|tawney]]
+* [[Russet (color)|russet]]
+* [[rust (color)|rust]]
+* [[purple]]
+* French green - a very pale shade of gray-green
+* ginger lyne
+* deer color
+* [[Orange (colour)|orange]]
+* gridolin - from the French ''[[wikt:gridelin|gris de lin]]'', "flax blossom", a color resembling [[Periwinkle (color)|periwinkle]]
+* [[puce]]
+* folding color
+* Kendall green - a dark variety of French green
+* [[Lincoln green]] - a more vivid shade of green akin to [[forest green]]
+* barry
+* milly
+* tuly
+* [[wikt:feuillemorte#English|philly mort]] - from the French words ''feuille morte'', "dead leaf", a dark gray-brown
+== Example Swatches ==
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+|{{Color swatch|#6C2E1F|Liver}}
+|{{Color swatch|#B7410E|Rust}}
+|{{Color swatch|#CC8899|Puce}}
+|-
+|{{Color swatch|#80461B|Russet}}
+|{{Color swatch|#195905|Lincoln Green}}
+|{{Color swatch|#80667B|Gridolin}}
+|-
+|{{Color swatch|#527564|Kendall Green}}
+|{{Color swatch|#A67B5B|Tawney}}
+|{{Color swatch|#9E7824|Philly Mort}}
+|}
+== References ==
 {{reflist}}
-[[Category: Color]]
+[[Category:Color in culture]]
+[[Category:Colonial Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:Puritanism]]