Original: Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York : 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192 ; Color Sample : Page 31 Plate 4 Color Sample J6 -- Cerise However , it was used at least as early as 1846 in a book of crochet patterns .
Simplified: Before being renamed '' Hollywood cerise '' in the 1940s , the color had before that , since 1922 , been known simply as Hollywood .