• Isabella

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    Origin

    Said to be named from the Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of King Philip II, in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from 1601 to 1604, in consequence of a vow.

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    Noun

    isabella

    1. A brownish-yellow colour.
      • 1864, Sir William Crookes, in Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (volume 10, page 301)If it be exposed to heat as soon as it is moderately warm, its dark olive colour changes almost suddenly to an Isabella colour, it becomes cloudy, and an abundant precipitate falls...
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