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Ivory is an off-white color that resembles ivory, the material from which the teeth and tusks of animals (such as, notably, the elephant and the walrus) is made. It has a very slight tint of yellow. The first recorded use of ''ivory'' as a color name in English was in 1385.〔 Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 197; Color Sample of Ivory: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample B12〕 The color "ivory" was included as one of the X11 colors when they were formulated in 1987. ==Ivory in nature== Plants * The ivory-colored cymbidium is a species of orchid. Birds * Ivory is used adjectivally in the names of several birds to describe their appearance, including the ivory gull, ivory-backed woodswallow, ivory-billed aracari, ivory-billed woodcreeper, ivory-billed woodpecker and ivory-breasted pitta. 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「Ivory (color)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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