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[[File:Chocolate02.jpg|thumb|left|Molten chocolate and a piece of a [[chocolate bar]]]]
{{colorswatch|chocolate|7B3F00}}
The color '''chocolate''' is a tone of dark [[brown]] that resembles [[chocolate]]. The color ''chocolate'' is shown on the right of the screen. <ref> The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ''chocolate'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color ''chocolate'' is displayed on page 39, Plate 8, Color Sample H10.</ref>
The first written use of ''chocolate'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1737.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Chocolate: Page 39 Plate 8 Color Sample H10 Note: the color shown above as "chocolate" matches the color sample in this book shown as "chocolate"</ref>
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==Meaning of chocolate==
* The color chocolate is a color that like the color [[Rose (color)|rose]] represents [[love]] because often people give chocolate, just like they give [[rose]]s, to people that they love, whether romantically or as a gift from a parent to a child.
* The color chocolate represents [[African Americans]]. For example, in [[African American slang]], the city [[Washington, D.C.]] is called ''Chocolate City'' because of its overwhelmingly African American population. <ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chocolate%20city Urban Dictionary—“Chocolate City”:]</ref><ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Vanilla%20Suburb Barrack Obama uses the term "Chocolate City" in 2008:]</ref>
==Tones of chocolate color comparison chart==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!Name
!width=100|Color
!HEX Code
!Red
!Green
!Blue
!Hue
!Sat
!Lum
!Source
|-
|Cocoa Brown
| style = "background-color: #d2691e; color:#ffffff"|
|#D2691E
|210
|105
|30
|25°
|75%
|47%
|web color
|-
|Medium Chocolate
| style = "background-color: #90505d; color:#ffffff"|
|#905D5D
|144
|93
|93
|00°
|22%
|46%
|ISCC-NBS Chocolate #19
|-
|'''Chocolate'''
| style = "background-color: #7b3f00; color:#ffffff"|
|'''#7B3F00'''
|'''123'''
|'''63'''
|'''0'''
|'''31°'''
|'''100%'''
|'''24%'''
|'''PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul'''
|-
|Dark Chocolate
| style = "background-color: #674c47; color:#ffffff"|
|#674C47
|103
|76
|71
|09°
|18%
|34%
|ISCC-NBS Chocolate #46
|}
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==References==
<references/>
==Other pages==
*[[List of colors]]
[[Category:Color
{{colorswatch|chocolate|7B3F00}}
The color '''chocolate''' is a tone of dark [[brown]] that resembles [[chocolate]]. The color ''chocolate'' is shown on the right of the screen. <ref> The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called ''chocolate'' in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color ''chocolate'' is displayed on page 39, Plate 8, Color Sample H10.</ref>
The first written use of ''chocolate'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1737.<ref>Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample of Chocolate: Page 39 Plate 8 Color Sample H10 Note: the color shown above as "chocolate" matches the color sample in this book shown as "chocolate"</ref>
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==Meaning of chocolate==
* The color chocolate is a color that like the color [[Rose (color)|rose]] represents [[love]] because often people give chocolate, just like they give [[rose]]s, to people that they love, whether romantically or as a gift from a parent to a child.
* The color chocolate represents [[African Americans]]. For example, in [[African American slang]], the city [[Washington, D.C.]] is called ''Chocolate City'' because of its overwhelmingly African American population. <ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chocolate%20city Urban Dictionary—“Chocolate City”:]</ref><ref>[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Vanilla%20Suburb Barrack Obama uses the term "Chocolate City" in 2008:]</ref>
==Tones of chocolate color comparison chart==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!Name
!width=100|Color
!HEX Code
!Red
!Green
!Blue
!Hue
!Sat
!Lum
!Source
|-
|Cocoa Brown
| style = "background-color: #d2691e; color:#ffffff"|
|#D2691E
|210
|105
|30
|25°
|75%
|47%
|web color
|-
|Medium Chocolate
| style = "background-color: #90505d; color:#ffffff"|
|#905D5D
|144
|93
|93
|00°
|22%
|46%
|ISCC-NBS Chocolate #19
|-
|'''Chocolate'''
| style = "background-color: #7b3f00; color:#ffffff"|
|'''#7B3F00'''
|'''123'''
|'''63'''
|'''0'''
|'''31°'''
|'''100%'''
|'''24%'''
|'''PerBang.dk) (Maerz and Paul'''
|-
|Dark Chocolate
| style = "background-color: #674c47; color:#ffffff"|
|#674C47
|103
|76
|71
|09°
|18%
|34%
|ISCC-NBS Chocolate #46
|}
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{{colors}}
==References==
<references/>
==Other pages==
*[[List of colors]]
[[Category:Color