Buff (colour)

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Buff
— Colour coordinates —
Hex triplet		#F0DC82
B	(r, g, b)	(240, 220, 130)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(49°, 46%, 94%)
Source		BF2S Colour Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

For other uses of the term, see Buff

[edit] Buff (colour)

Buff is a pale yellow-brown colour that got its name from the colour of buffalo leather.

[edit] Buff (other)

Biology

• Buff is widespread in the animal kingdom. The word buff appears in the name of several species with this colour, such as the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Buff Orpington chicken and the Buff-bellied Pipit.

Construction

• Buff is a commonly used grout pigment in masonry.

Heraldry

• The U.S. Army's Institute of Heraldry has included buff as a tincture (specifically as a metal) in some of its coats of arms. This is because buff is the traditional colour of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps.

Military

• Buff has good camouflage qualities in the natural environment in dry climates where sand and soil are often buff-coloured. The American Continental Army wore buff and blue uniforms.

Ships

• The funnel colours of the White Star Line, owner of the RMS Titanic, were buff.

Greek life

• Buff is one of the three colours of the Alpha Gamma Delta Women's Fraternity as well as one of the two colours of The Delta Chi Fraternity.

Sports

• The colours of athletic team uniforms at Gallaudet University, The George Washington University, Punahou School, located in Honolulu, Hawaii, and Hamilton College in Clinton, NY are buff and blue. In the cases of George Washington University and Hamilton College (the latter named for US founding father Alexander Hamilton), the schools' colours were selected in recognition of the blue and buff colours of the Continental Army uniforms of the Revolutionary War (George Washington having been General of that army and Hamilton his Chief of Staff, and both having had a role in design of the uniforms).

Stationery

• A buff envelope is an envelope of this colour, used extensively in commercial mailings, and hence coming to mean any item containing commercial, rather than personal mail.

Vexillology

• The flags of the United States states of Delaware and New Jersey include the colour buff.

[edit] See also

• Beige similar, but paler, greyer colour
• Tan, a slightly darker, redder colour
• List of colours

v • d • e Shades of brown
Auburn	Beige	Bistre	Bole	Brown	Buff	Burgundy	Burnt sienna	Burnt umber	Chocolate
Copper	Cordovan	Ecru	Fallow	Khaki	Liver	Mahogany	Maroon	Ochre	Raw umber
Russet	Rust	Sandy brown	Seal brown	Sepia	Sienna	Tan	Taupe	Wheat	Zinnwaldite

v • d • e Shades of yellow
Amber	Apricot	Beige	Buff	Chartreuse yellow	Corn	Cream	Dark goldenrod	Ecru	Flax
Gamboge	Golden	Goldenrod	Golden poppy	Golden yellow	Green-yellow	Khaki	Lemon	Lemon chiffon	Lime
Metallic gold	Mustard	Navajo white	Old Gold	Olive	Papaya whip	Peach-yellow	Pear	Saffron	School bus yellow
Selective yellow	Tangerine yellow	Yellow

v • d • e The Heraldic Tincture Series Rule of Tincture Metals: Argent · Or   Colours: Azure · Gules · Purpure · Sable · Vert Furs: Ermine · Vair · Potent   Stains: Murrey · Tenné · Sanguine Other: Bleu celeste · Carnation · Cendrée · Orange