Isabelline (colour) Isabelline (colour) Isabelline , also known as isabella, is a pale grey-yellow, pale fawn, pale cream-brown or parchment colour. It is primarily found in animal coat colouring, particularly plumage colour in birds and, in Europe, in horses. It also has historically been applied to fashion. The first known record of the word was in 1600 as "isabella colour"; this use later became interchangeable in literature with "isabelline" after the latter was introduced into print in 1859. The origin of the word is unclear; the uncertainty prompted by this has generated several attempts to provide an etymology and led to one
Cambridge Blue (colour) Cambridge Blue (colour) Cambridge Blue is the colour commonly used by sports teams from the University of Cambridge. There is considerable dispute regarding the exact shade of the colour that should be used. Most notably, the colour used by the Cambridge University Boat Club is different from that used by Cambridge University R.U.F.C.. The current Boat Club colour was created when Alf Twinn, Cambridge University boatman 1934–1984, added more yellow to this shade, allegedly in order to distinguish it from the rugby club's colour. The Cambridge University official colour style guide defines Cambridge Blue as Pantone 557; with RGB values