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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 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>
*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 ==
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== Chocolate (color) Media ==
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File:Cocoa Pods.JPG|Chocolate is created from the [[cocoa bean]]. A cacao tree with cocoa bean fruit pods (which are filled with cocoa beans inside of them) in various stages of ripening
File:Labrador Retriever chocolate Hershey sit.jpg|A chocolate Labrador Retriever named Hershey.
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== References ==
== References ==
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== Related pages ==
== Related pages ==
*[[List of colors]]
*[[List of colors]]
{{Shades of brown}}
{{Shades of brown}}