Cinereous

Cinereous
Cinereous
Colour coordinates
Hex triplet	#98817B
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(152, 129, 123)
HSV (h, s, v)	(12°, 19%, 60%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(56, 16, 27°)
Source	Maerz and Paul
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light grayish brown
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Cinereous is a colour, meaning ashy grey in appearance, either consisting of or resembling ashes, or a grey colour tinged with coppery brown. It is derived from the Latin cinereus, from cinis (ashes).

The first recorded use of cinereous as a colour name in English was in 1661.^[2]

^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Color Sample of Cinereous: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample A3
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Cinereous: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample A3

[1] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Color Sample of Cinereous: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample A3

[2] Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Cinereous: Page 93 Plate 35 Color Sample A3

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Cinereous

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