Chocolate (color)

The color chocolate is a tone of dark brown that resembles chocolate.  The color chocolate is shown on the right of the screen.  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.

The first written use of chocolate as a color name in English was in 1737.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"

 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. Urban Dictionary—“Chocolate City”:Barrack Obama uses the term "Chocolate City" in 2008:

 Tones of chocolate color comparison chart 
NameColorHEX CodeRedGreenBlueHueSatLumSourceCocoa Brown#D2691E2101053025°86%47%web colorMedium Chocolate#905D5D14493930°35%46%ISCC-NBS Chocolate #19Chocolate #7B3F0012363031°100%24%PerBang.dk) (Maerz and PaulDark Chocolate #674C4710376719°31%34%ISCC-NBS Chocolate #46

 References 

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