Bole is a shade of reddish brown. The color term derives from Latin bōlus (or dirt) and refers to a kind of soft fine clay whose reddish-brown varieties are used as pigments, and as a coating in panel paintings and frames underneath the paint or gold leaf. Under gold leaf, it "warms" the colour, which can have a greenish shade otherwise. However, bole in art is a good deal more red and less brown than the modern shade; it is often called Armenian bole. Although bole also means the trunk of a tree, these words are simply homographs that do not share an etymological origin.[1][2][3][4]
| Bole | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #79443B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (121, 68, 59) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (9°, 51%, 47%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (35, 39, 20°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate reddish brown |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
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Overview
editAnother name for the color bole is terra rosa. The color name terra rosa has been used as a synonym for bole since 1753.[5] The color terra rosa is classified a warm red color. In art, it's classified as being similar to Venetian red, but more pink or salmon.
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.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ American Heritage Dictionary
- ^ "bole or bolus". Collins Dictionary.
- ^ "bole2". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ "bole2". The New Oxford American Dictionary (3rd ed.). 2013.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205
- ^ 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
External links
edit- 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.