Champagne... A color?

Published by Julia Bouchet - 30/06/2020 - Champagne World

Gold, beige, golden, sandy, straw yellow to intense yellow, all the shades of Champagne are available to the eye. However, the Comité interprofessionnel du vin de Champagne is categorical: the color "Champagne" does not exist:"the wines of "Champagne" present shades far too different to be able to retain this word for a precise color". The Larousse, fashion and decoration magazines don't seem to agree, since the elegant color "Champagne", which lies somewhere between ivory and cream, has its own definition and even different codes in their pages.

Larousse definition

"A golden yellow color reminiscent of champagne".

The Larousse clearly states that it is forbidden to use the term Champagne for commercial purposes.

Pantone

In Pantone's universal color chart, there's no Champagne color to speak of. In 2015, the name associated with 14-1012 Champagne Beige was replaced by Golden Beige. With this in mind, the Pantone Fashion, Home + Interiors system no longer has a color associated with "Champagne".

Color codes

There are many similar color codes, which are often mixed, with bright colors to bring out its soft nuances. And above all, positive expressions to define them:"Clarity, elegance, joy, refinement, rich, clean, luminous".

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ISCC-NBS-System

Between 1955 and 1976, a system of colors in art and science was created in the USA by the Inter Society Color Council (ISCC) and the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) to establish a kind of linguistic classification for naming colors. 13 basic terms were selected to form the level 1 categories, followed by increasingly precise sub-categories up to level 3, with adjectives and coordinates to define them.

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Painting and staining

At stain and paint expert benjamin Moore, the color Champagne exists under the code HC-93. A color said to be elegant and refined, compatible with warmer colors such as brick red.

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With many colorists, the color Champagne takes on very different shades, sometimes more pinkish, sometimes more beige or yellow.

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Determined by the grape variety, this is the main parameter that determines the wine's color. Vinification, followed by maturation and aging, also play a role in the color of Champagne (the real thing!).

In conclusion, the nuances of Champagne "colors" are almost infinite, like the pretty dresses our eyes discover each time we open one of our favorite bottles.

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