Talk:Chestnut (color)

Just because Crayola does it... I've never heard chestnut being applied to anything other than maroon - give or take a little red. This should be changed to Indian Red in my opinion.


 * I agree; the article should be titled Indian Red, not Chestnut. Also, am I wrong, or did Crayola already have a colour called Chestnut?  Maybe not a crayon, but a colored pencil?  I believe it was a dark brown.  If this is the case, isn't it possible that the crayon labeled Chestnut is not a renamed Indian Red, but rather a substitution?  --Tellybelly 01:04, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

The hex values for chestnut seem to be all wrong. Currently the article (and the Shades of Red chart) says #CD5C5C -- a rosy pink. This page says it's #954535, which seems much more accurate. --Tellybelly 01:18, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Hex values for color depend on the display device used. More specifically the gamma (Gamma_correction) and the colors of the phosphors. sRGB is an attempt to set a standard for these, but adjusting the brightness or contrast can still change the result. 84.245.0.98 21:39, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Indian red refers to a wide variety of pigments containing ferric oxide (originally a kind of natural earth from India). Chestnut is a brown colour often used to describe horses. The only thing connecting these two is that Crayola renamed a vaguely brownish-red crayon from one to the other for political correctness. Please see Indian red and split the article (hint: wikt:Citations:Indian red has some public-domain material that can be pasted right in). —Michael Z. 2009-08-06 03:20 z 

wtf
this is clearly plain old indian red... chestnut is a much richer, browner colour. KINDA LIKE CHESTNUTS. if i knew the first thing about wikipedia i'd change this in a trice. 86.160.197.51 (talk) 12:42, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Possible removal from list
An entry in List of colors: A–F contained a link to this page.

The entry is :


 * Dark chestnut

I don't see any evidence that this color is discussed in this article and plan to delete it from the list per this discussion: Talk:List_of_colors

If someone decides that this color should have a section in this article and it is added, I would appreciate a ping.-- S Philbrick (Talk)  15:49, 16 August 2018 (UTC)