Puce
| Puce | |
|---|---|
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #CC8899 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (204, 136, 153) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (345°, 33%, 80%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (64, 43, 356°) |
| Source | 99colors.net |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark pink |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Puce is a brownish purple color. The term comes from the French couleur puce, literally meaning "flea color".[1]
Puce became popular in the late 18th century in France. It appeared in clothing at the court of Louis XVI, and was said to be a favorite color of Marie Antoinette, though there are no portraits of her wearing it.[2][3][4]
Puce was also a popular fashion color in 19th-century Paris. In his novel Nana, Émile Zola describes a woman "dressed in a dark gown of an equivocal color, somewhere between puce and goose shit."[5] In Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, Mademoiselle Baptistine wears "a gown of puce-colored silk, of the fashion of 1806, which she had purchased at that date in Paris, and which had lasted ever since."[6]
Variations of puce
[edit]Puce (ISCC-NBS)
[edit]| Puce (ISCC-NBS) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #722F37 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (114, 47, 55) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (353°, 59%, 45%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (29, 45, 7°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark red |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The color to the right is the color called puce in the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955). Since this color has a hue code of 353, it is a slightly purplish red.
Puce (Maerz and Paul)
[edit]| Puce (M&P) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #A95C68 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (169, 92, 104) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (351°, 46%, 66%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (48, 51, 4°) |
| Source | Maerz and Paul |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Moderate red |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The color box to the right shows the color called puce in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color;[7] the color puce is displayed on page 37, Plate 7, Color Sample H4.
Puce (Pourpre color list)
[edit]| Puce (Pourpre color list) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #4E1609 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (78, 22, 9) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (11°, 88%, 31%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (17, 38, 18°) |
| Source | Pourpre.com |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Deep brown |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is the color called puce in the Pourpre.com color list, a color list widely popular in France. This is the original puce, from which all other tones of puce ultimately derive.[citation needed]
Puce (Pantone)
[edit]| Puce (Pantone) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #4F3A3C |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (79, 58, 60) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (354°, 27%, 31%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (27, 12, 6°) |
| Source | Pantone TPX[8] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Dark grayish reddish brown |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The color at right is called puce in the Pantone color list.
The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #19-1518 TPX—Puce.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "puce". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/OED/3451789277. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ St. Clair, Kassia (24 October 2017). The Secret Lives of Color. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-5247-0494-0.
- ^ Kelleher, Katy (24 October 2017). "The Sexy-Gross Story of Puce". The Awl. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ Under The Moonlight (14 July 2020). "Puce Was Once The Height Of 18th Century French Fashion For A Second". Under The Moonlight. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ Zola, Émile (1880). Nana. Paris: G. Charpentier. p. 45.
Vêtue d'une robe sombre de couleur indécise, entre le puce et le caca d'oie.
- ^ Hugo, Victor (1887). Les Misérables. Translated by Hapgood, Isabel F. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. p. 67.
- ^ Maerz and Paul (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill.
- ^ Type the word "Puce" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color appears.
- ^ Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder--Type the word "Puce" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color appears: