The color eggshell is meant as a representation of the average color of a
chicken egg
Humans and other hominids have consumed eggs for millions of years. The most widely consumed eggs are those of fowl, especially chickens. People in Southeast Asia began harvesting chicken eggs for food by 1500 BCE. Eggs of other birds, such ...
.
In
interior design
Interior design is the art and science of enhancing the interior of a building to achieve a healthier and more aesthetically pleasing environment for the people using the space. With a keen eye for detail and a Creativity, creative flair, an ...
, the color ''eggshell'' is commonly used when one desires a pale, warm, neutral,
off-white
Shades of white are colors that differ only slightly from pure white. Variations of white include what are commonly termed off-white colors, which may be considered part of a neutral color scheme.
In color theory, a ''shade'' is a pure color mi ...
color.
Paint gloss
''Eggshell paint'' also refers to a ''type'' of hard-wearing wall paint with the same matte
sheen
Sheen may refer to:
Places
* Sheen or West Sheen, an alternative name for Richmond, London, England
** East Sheen
** North Sheen
** Sheen Priory
* Sheen, Staffordshire, a village and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands, England
* Sheen ...
as an egg's shell, rather than the same color; consequently eggshell paint can be any color, not just off-white.
See also
*
List of colors
These are the lists of colors;
* List of colors: A–F
* List of colors: G–M
* List of colors: N–Z
* List of colors (alphabetical)
* List of colors by shade
* List of color palettes
* List of Crayola crayon colors
* List of RAL colours
* List o ...
*
Robin egg blue
Robin egg blue, also called eggshell blue or robin's-egg blue, is a shade of teal (a blue-green color), approximating the shade of the eggs laid by the American robin, an abundant songbird of North America. The egg pigment is biliverdin, a prod ...
, also known as eggshell blue
References
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