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Lion

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DECC9C
Source	ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Grayish yellow

A male lion in Namibia

Lion is a color that is a representation of the average color of the fur of a lion.

The lion is a feline top predator found in Africa and India . The lion was poetically called the king of beasts in the great chain of being, one of the bases of medieval philosophy in Western civilization.

The first recorded use of lion as a color name in English was in 1551.^[1]

References

↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 198; Color Sample of Lion: Page 49 Plate 13 Color Sample G7

Shades of yellow

Amber	Apricot	Arylide yellow	Aureolin	Beige	Buff	Champagne	Chartreuse	Citron	Citrine

Cosmic latte	Cream	Dark goldenrod	Ecru	Flax	Gamboge	Gold	Gold (metallic)	Goldenrod	Harvest gold

Ivory	Jasmine	Jonquil	Khaki	Lemon chiffon	Lemon-lime	Light yellow	Lion	Maize	Mikado yellow

Mindaro	Mustard	Naples yellow	Navajo white	Old gold	Papaya whip	Peach-yellow	Pear	Saffron	School bus yellow

Selective yellow	Stil de grain yellow	Straw	Sunglow	Sunset	Vanilla	Wheat	Yellow

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

Shades of orange

Amber	Apricot	Atomic tangerine	Bittersweet	Buff	Burnt orange	Butterscotch	Caramel	Carrot orange	Champagne

Citron	Coral	Dark salmon	Deep carrot orange	ECE/SAE Amber	Flame	Fulvous	Gamboge	Gold	Gold (metallic)

Golden poppy	International orange	Jonquil	Lion	Mahogany	Mango	Marigold	Old gold	Orange	Orange (web)

Orange-red	Orange peel	Papaya whip	Peach	Peach-orange	Peach-yellow	Persian orange	Persimmon	Portland Orange	Princeton Orange

Pumpkin	Rust	Safety orange	Salmon	Satin sheen gold	Scarlet	Seashell	Sunglow	Sunset	Tangelo

Tangerine	Tawny	Tea rose	Tomato	UT Orange	Vermilion

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

Shades of brown

Auburn	Almond	Beaver	Bistre	Bole	Bronze	Brown	Brown sugar	Buff	Burgundy

Burnt sienna	Burnt umber	Camel	Caput mortuum	Caramel	Chamoisee	Chestnut	Chocolate	Citron	Cocoa Brown

Coffee	Copper	Cordovan	Coyote	Desert sand	Drab dark brown	Earth yellow	Ecru	Fallow	Fawn

Field drab	Fulvous	Golden brown	Goldenrod	Harvest gold	Khaki	Lion	Liver	Mahogany	Maroon

Ochre	Olive	Raw umber	Redwood	Rufous	Russet	Rust	Sand	Sandy brown	Satin sheen gold

Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Sinopia	Tan	Taupe	Tawny	Umber	Walnut brown	Wenge

Wheat

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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Lion (Color)

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