Oxblood
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| Hex triplet | #800020 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (128, 0, 32) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (345°, 100%, 50%) |
| Source | [Unsourced] |
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Oxblood is a color considered to be a dark shade of red. It resembles burgundy, but has more purple and dark brown hues.
Origin of the term Oxblood
The first use of the term oxblood as a color name in the English language dates back to 1695–1705.[1] The name is derived from the color of the blood of an ox. The ox blood was used as a pigment to dye fabric, leather and paint. It is most commonly described as a dark red with purple and brown undertones. The blood would change from a bright red to a darker, oxidized, more brown-red as it aged.[2] So the term oxblood can be used to describe a range of colors from red to reddish-purple to nearly black with red, brown and blue undertones.[3]
The color is used in fashion terms.[4] For example, it was popular and the name was used frequently in the 2012 Fall/Winter fashion season.[5]
Oxblood in modern culture
Oxblood is a relatively common color for leather shoes, although not as ubiquitous as black or brown. It is sometimes called "cordovan" although this term more properly refers to a particular type of horse leather. During the Fall/Winter fashion seasons of 2012 and 2013, oxblood was one of the most commonly used colors. Oxblood lipstick was very fashionable, as well as oxblood-colored apparel and accessories.[6] Oxblood is seen to portray passion, fashion and power. Many people see it as a less daring replacement for red.[4] In an article on the oxblood trend, Lucky Magazine suggested that people are now "dismissing words like burgundy from their vocabularies", adding that the word 'oxblood' might be more on-trend than the color itself.[7]
Notes
- ↑ dictionary.com, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/oxblood
- ↑ http://home.howstuffworks.com/question635.htm
- ↑ http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showthread.php?141666-Oxblood-%97-origins
- 1 2 Buerger, Megan. "Oxblood, red for the rest of us." The Washington Post, October 10, 2012. http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/oxblood-red-for-the-rest-of-us/2012/10/09/b9fa4440-0e48-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_story.html
- ↑ Miller, Linda, "Oxblood emerges as hot color for fall", NewsOK, 9 October 2012
- ↑ Weil, Hannah. Oxblood Trend. http://www.fabsugar.com/Oxblood-Trend-Fall-2012-25170259
- ↑ Lucky Magazine, "19 Euphemisms for Oxblood" by Natalie Matthews and John Jannuzzi, http://www.luckymag.com/blogs/luckyrightnow/2012/12/Oxblood