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[[File:Chocolate02.jpg|thumb|left|Molten chocolate and a piece of a [[chocolate bar]]]]
[[File:Chocolate02.jpg|thumb|A [[chocolate bar]] [[dip|dipped]] in [[molten chocolate]].]]
{{colorswatch|chocolate|7B3F00}}
{{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 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>
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>
== Meaning of chocolate ==
==Meaning of chocolate==
* 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>
*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 name=":0">[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chocolate%20city Urban Dictionary—“Chocolate City”:]</ref><ref name=":1">[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==
== Tones of chocolate color comparison chart ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
|-
|30
|30
|25°
|25°
|75%
|86%
|47%
|47%
|web color
|web color
|93
|93
|93
|93
|00°
|0°
|22%
|35%
|46%
|46%
|ISCC-NBS Chocolate #19
|ISCC-NBS Chocolate #19
|76
|76
|71
|71
|09°
|9°
|18%
|31%
|34%
|34%
|ISCC-NBS Chocolate #46
|ISCC-NBS Chocolate #46
|}
|}
== References ==
<references />
== Related pages ==
==References==
*[[List of colors]]
*[[List of colors]]
{{Shades of brown}}