The colour mulberry is a representation of the colour of mulberry jam or pie, a darker colour than that of the fresh fruit. Terms describing interchangeable shades, with overlapping RGB ranges, include burgundy, claret and maroon.
The first recorded use of mulberry as a colour name in English was in 1776.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Mulberry: Plate 48 Color Sample E9
In some parts of Latin America the term is used for a lighter, redder raspberry tone.
Commercial uses and variants General Motors Holden released a model in the colour Mulberry. It was the 1979 SL/E Statesman.
Prismacolor also made a pencil after the colour mulberry, which was number 995.
See also List of colours Murrey
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