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Mustard (color)
Mustard
is a dull/dark
yellow color
that resembles
culinary mustard
. It is similar to the color
Flax
.
The first recorded use of
mustard
as a
color name
in
English
was in
1886
.
In
culture
Board
games
In the
board game
Cluedo
, one of the color-coded murder suspects is a yellow character named
Colonel Mustard
.
Dance
Mustard is the
color of
the belt awarded to the winner of the
Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
at
Nathan's Famous
in
Coney Island, New York
.
Healthcare
In the
bandana code
of the
gay
leather subculture
,
wearing
a blue
bandana
means that one is a
size queen
. However, the color called "mustard" in the bandana code is lighter than the mustard color shown above—it is not identical with the
X11 color
called
goldenrod
.
