Isabelline (colour) of the cream gene, an incomplete dominant dilution gene that produces a horse with a gold coat and dark eyes when heterozygous, and a light cream-coloured horse with blue eyes when homozygous. A subspecies of the Himalayan brown bear ("Ursus arctos isabellinus") was named subspecifically for the colour and is also sometimes known as the isabelline bear. The description has also been used in the UK for fawn coloured Doberman dogs. 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
Pale Fire are many resemblances to "Ultima Thule" and "Solus Rex", two short stories by Nabokov intended to be the first two chapters of a novel in Russian that he never continued. The placename Thule appears in "Pale Fire", as does the phrase "solus rex" (a chess problem in which either colour has no pieces but the king). The book is also full of references to culture, nature, and literature. They include: See also "The Ambidextrous Universe", a later book referencing "Pale Fire" which in turn triggered a reciprocal response in a subsequent Nabokov novel ("", 1969). Pale Fire Pale Fire is