Fallow is a pale
brown color that is the color of withered
foliage or
sandysoil in
fallowfields.[1] This however is a post factum rationalization, and the etymologies are distinct.
Fallow is one of the oldest
color names in
English. The first recorded use of fallow as a color name in English was in the year 1000.[2] The color was historically often used to describe the coats of some animals, such as
fallow deer.[1]
^Maerz & Paul, p. 195; Color Sample of Fallow: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B5
^Ridgway (1886), pp. 36, 54, 117; Color Sample of Wood Brown: Plate III fig. 19
^Ridgway (1912), p. 40; Color Sample of Wood Brown: Plate XL
^Maerz & Paul, p. 191; Color Sample of Camel: p. 49 Plate 15 Color Sample A6
^Maerz & Paul, p. 203; Color Sample of Desert: p. 47 Plate 12 Color Sample I7
External links
ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) - Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps—See sample of the color Fallow (color sample #76) displayed on indicated page.