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Flax or Flaxen is a pale yellowish-gray color named after flax seeds. An early use of "flaxen" to describe hair color appears in David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens: Mr. Omer's granddaughter, Minnie, is described as "a pretty little girl with long, flaxen, curling hair."〔 "David Copperfield," by Charles Dickens London:1849 Bradbury and Evans 〕 The first recorded use of ''flax'' as a color name in English was in 1915.〔 Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195; Color Sample of Flax: Page 47 Plate 12 Color Sample B2〕 ==Flax in culture== ;Literature *In the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the girl Ermengarde St. John is described as having flaxen hair. *Zossimov, a character from Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, is described as having "straight flaxen hair." *In A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle, Tobias Gregson has flaxen hair. *In David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Mr. Omer's granddaughter Minnie is described as "a pretty little girl with long, flaxen, curling hair". ;Music *French impressionistic composer Claude Debussy's prelude N.8 Book 1 for Piano, ''La fille aux cheveux de lin'' ("The Girl with the Flaxen Hair"), uses the color flax in its title. ;Anime *In the series Legend of the Legendary Heroes, Ferris is shown to have flaxen hair 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flax (color)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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