Coffee (color)

Short description: Brownish color of a roasted coffee bean

Coffee

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #6F4E37
Source| ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate brown

Coffee is a brownish color that is a representation of a roasted coffee bean. Different types of coffee beans have different colors when roasted—the color coffee represents an average.

The first recorded use of coffee as a color name in English was in 1695.[1]

The normalized color coordinates for coffee are identical to Tuscan brown, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1913.[2]

Roasted coffee beans

'Green' coffee beans before roasting

## Contents

* 1 Variations of coffee
* 1.1 Café au Lait
* 1.2 Café Noir
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Variations of coffee

### Café au Lait

Café au Lait

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #A67B5B
Source| ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light brown

Coffee with milk (a latte)

The color displayed at right is café au lait, also known as coffee and milk or latte. This is a representation of the color of coffee mixed with milk, which when prepared commercially by a barista in a coffee shop is known as a latte.

The first recorded use of cafe au lait as a color name in English was in 1839.[3]

The normalized color coordinates for café au lait are identical to Tuscan tan and French beige, which were first recorded as color names in English in 1926[4] and 1927,[5] respectively.

### Café Noir

Café Noir

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #4B3621
Source| ISCC-NBS
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark yellowish brown

A cup of black coffee

The color displayed at right is café noir, also known as black coffee. It is a representation of the color of brewed black coffee.

The first recorded use of cafe noir as a color name in English was in 1928.[6]

## See also

* List of colors

## References

1. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 193; Color Sample of Coffee: p. 53—Plate 15 Color Sample A11
2. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 206; Color Sample of Tuscany: p. 37 Plate 7 Color Sample H12
3. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 191; Color Sample of Cafe au Lait: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample A6
4. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 206; Color Sample of Tuscan tan: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample C8
5. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 195; Color Sample of French beige: p. 49 Plate 13 Color Sample A7
6. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 191; Color Sample of Cafe Noir: p. 39—Plate 8 Color Sample H12

## External links

* YouTube—"Coffee Roasting Basics—Color Changes":

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Shades of brown

| Auburn| Almond| Beaver| Bistre| Bole| Bronze| Brown| Brown sugar| Buff| Burgundy

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Coffee| Copper| Cordovan| Coyote| Desert sand| Drab dark brown| Earth yellow| Ecru| Fallow| Fawn
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Field drab| Fulvous| Golden brown| Goldenrod| Harvest gold| Khaki| Lion| Liver| Mahogany| Maroon
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Ochre| Olive| Raw umber| Redwood| Rufous| Russet| Rust| Sand| Sandy brown| Satin sheen gold
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Seal brown| Sepia| Sienna| Sinopia| Tan| Taupe| Tawny| Umber| Walnut brown| Wenge
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Wheat

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Shades of orange

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

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Golden poppy| International orange| Jonquil| Lion| Mahogany| Mango| Marigold| Old gold| Orange| Orange (web)
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Orange-red| Orange peel| Papaya whip| Peach| Peach-orange| Peach-yellow| Persian orange| Persimmon| Portland Orange| Princeton Orange
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Pumpkin| Rust| Safety orange| Salmon| Satin sheen gold| Scarlet| Seashell| Sunglow| Sunset| Tangelo
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Tangerine| Tawny| Tea rose| Tomato| UT Orange| Vermilion
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A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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