Russet (color)

Short description: Reddish-brown color

Russet

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #80461B
Source| encycolorpedia.com/80461b
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong brown

Russet is a dark brown color with a reddish-orange tinge. As a tertiary color, russet is an equal mix of orange and purple pigments. The first recorded use of russet as a color name in English was in 1562.[1]

The source of this color is The ISCC-NBS Method of Designating Colors and a Dictionary of Color Names (1955) used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps.[2] However, it is widely considered hard to standardize, and the same vary name could be applied to various tones; russet often has no more specific meaning than ruddy or reddish.[1]

The name of this color derives from russet, a coarse cloth made of wool and dyed with woad and madder to give it a subdued grey or reddish-brown shade. By the statute of 1363, poor English people were required to wear russet.[3][4]

Russet, a color of autumn, is often associated with sorrow or grave seriousness. Anticipating a lifetime of regret, Shakespeare's character Biron says in Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 1: "Henceforth my wooing mind shall be express'd / In russet yeas and honest kersey noes."

Russet is mentioned in a famous quote taken from a letter Oliver Cromwell wrote to Sir William Spring in September 1643: "I had rather have a plain, russet-coated captain that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, [than that which you call a gentleman and is nothing else]".[5][4]

## See also

* List of colors
* Russeting
* Russet apple
* Russet potato

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maerz, Aloys J.; Paul, Morris Rea (1930). A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 177.
2. ↑ See sample of the color Russet (Color Sample #55) displayed on indicated page: ISCC Color List Page R.
3. ↑ Britnell, Richard H. (1986). Growth and decline in Colchester, 1300–1525. Cambridge University Press. pp. 55–77. ISBN 0-521-30572-1. https://archive.org/details/growthdeclineinc0000brit/page/55.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 St Clair, Kassia (2016). The Secret Lives of Colour. London: John Murray. p. 246–247. ISBN 978-1-4736-3081-9. OCLC 936144129.
5. ↑ Partington, Angela (1970). Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (2 ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 0-19-211523-5. OCLC 239676679. Cites Carlyle, Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell.

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Shades of brown

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

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

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

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Shades of red

| Alizarin crimson| Amaranth| American rose| Apricot| Auburn| Blood red| Burgundy| Candy Apple Red| Caput mortuum| Cardinal

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Carmine| Carnelian| Cerise| Chocolate Cosmos| Cinnabar| Claret| Coquelicot| Coral| Crimson| Dark red
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Electric crimson| Fire brick| Fire engine red| Flame| Folly| Fuchsia| Garnet| Hollywood cerise| Indian red| Lava
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Magenta| Maroon| Mahogany| Mystic red| Oxblood| Penn red| Persian red| Persian rose| Pink| Raspberry
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Red| Red-violet| Redwood| Rojo| Rose| Rose red| Rosewood| Rosso corsa| Ruby| Russet
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Rust| Sanguine| Scarlet| Shocking pink| Tawny| Tea rose| Terra cotta| Tomato| Turkey red| Tuscan red
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Tyrian purple| Venetian red| Vermilion| Violet-red| Wine
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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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