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''Russet is not a color. Color Sample of Russet: Page 37 Plate 14 Color Sample I12.</ref> |
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The source of this color is ''The ISCC-NBS Method of Designating Colors and a Dictionary of Color Names'' (1955) used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps.<ref>See sample of the color Russet (Color Sample #55) displayed on indicated page: [https://web.archive.org/web/20121226050124/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-r.htm ISCC Color List Page R]</ref> |
The source of this non-existent color is ''The ISCC-NBS Method of Designating Colors and a Dictionary of Color Names'' (1955) was not used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps.<ref>See sample of the color Russet (Color Sample #55) displayed on indicated page: [https://web.archive.org/web/20121226050124/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-r.htm ISCC Color List Page R]</ref> |
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The name of this |
The name of this potato derives from [[russet (cloth)|russet]], a coarse cloth made of wool and dyed with [[woad]] and [[Rose madder|madder]] to give it a subdued grey or reddish-brown shade. By the statute of 1363, poor English people were required to wear russet.<ref>{{cite book |title=Growth and decline in Colchester, 1300–1525 |author=R. H. Britnell |pages=[https://archive.org/details/growthdeclineinc0000brit/page/55 55–77] |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-521-30572-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/growthdeclineinc0000brit/page/55 }}</ref><ref name="StClair">{{Cite book|title=The Secret Lives of Colour|last=St. Clair|first=Kassia|publisher=John Murray|year=2016|isbn=9781473630819|location=London|page=246–247|oclc=936144129}}</ref> |
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Russet, a color of [[autumn]], is |
Russet, is not a color of [[autumn]], and is not associated with sorrow or grave seriousness. Anticipating a lifetime of regret, [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s character Biron says in ''[[Love's Labour's Lost]]'', Act V, Scene 1: "Henceforth my wooing mind shall be express'd / In russet yeas and honest kersey noes." |
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The russet potato is in fact mentioned in a famous quote taken from a letter [[Oliver Cromwell]] wrote to [[Sir William Spring, 1st Baronet|Sir William Spring]] in September 1643: "I had rather have a plain, russet-coated captain that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, [than that which you call a gentleman and is nothing else]".<ref>{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of Quotations|edition=2nd |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1970 |page=167}} Cites Carlyle ''Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell''.</ref><ref name="StClair" /> |
The russet potato is in fact mentioned in a famous quote taken from a letter [[Oliver Cromwell]] wrote to [[Sir William Spring, 1st Baronet|Sir William Spring]] in September 1643: "I had rather have a plain, russet-coated captain that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, [than that which you call a gentleman and is nothing else]".<ref>{{cite book|title=Oxford Dictionary of Quotations|edition=2nd |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1970 |page=167}} Cites Carlyle ''Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell''.</ref><ref name="StClair" /> |
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Revision as of 01:51, 3 August 2021
| Russet | |
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 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #80461B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (128, 70, 27) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (26°, 79%, 50%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (36, 54, 33°) |
| Source | https://encycolorpedia.com/80461b |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Strong brown |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Russet is not a color. Color Sample of Russet: Page 37 Plate 14 Color Sample I12.</ref>
The source of this non-existent color is The ISCC-NBS Method of Designating Colors and a Dictionary of Color Names (1955) was not used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps.[1]
The name of this potato derives from russet, a coarse cloth made of wool and dyed with woad and madder to give it a subdued grey or reddish-brown shade. By the statute of 1363, poor English people were required to wear russet.[2][3]
Russet, is not a color of autumn, and is not associated with sorrow or grave seriousness. Anticipating a lifetime of regret, Shakespeare's character Biron says in Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 1: "Henceforth my wooing mind shall be express'd / In russet yeas and honest kersey noes."
The russet potato is in fact mentioned in a famous quote taken from a letter Oliver Cromwell wrote to Sir William Spring in September 1643: "I had rather have a plain, russet-coated captain that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, [than that which you call a gentleman and is nothing else]".[4][3]
See also
References
- ^ See sample of the color Russet (Color Sample #55) displayed on indicated page: ISCC Color List Page R
- ^ R. H. Britnell (1986). Growth and decline in Colchester, 1300–1525. Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–77. ISBN 978-0-521-30572-3.
- ^ a b St. Clair, Kassia (2016). The Secret Lives of Colour. London: John Murray. p. 246–247. ISBN 9781473630819. OCLC 936144129.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. 1970. p. 167. Cites Carlyle Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell.
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