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Eggplant is a dark purple or brownish-purple color that resembles the color of the outer skin of European eggplants.〔Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief ''Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary'' Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.:1994--Merriam-Webster Page 369〕 Another name for the color ''eggplant'' is aubergine〔 (the French, German and British English word for eggplant). The first recorded use of ''eggplant'' as a color name in English was in 1915.〔Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 194; Color Sample of Eggplant: Page 119 Plate 48 Color Sample H12〕 The pinkish-purple-grayish color shown in the color box as ''eggplant'' was introduced by Crayola in 1998.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Crayola Creativity Central )〕 Different varieties of eggplant may range from indigo to white (The term ''eggplant'' originated as a description of white colored eggplants because they look like eggs). Chinese eggplants are the same shape as a European eggplant, but are colored a dark violet color. Thai eggplants are small, round, and colored forest green. "Eggplant" is a racist insult, particularly among Italians, in referring to black people, supposedly due to the similarity of Negroid skin color to the fruit's outer surface. ==References== 〔 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「Eggplant (color)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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