Cream is thecolour of thecream produced bycattle grazing on naturalpasture with plants rich inyellowcarotenoid pigments, some of which are incorporated into the fresh milk (specifically, the butterfat). This gives a yellow tone to otherwise-white milk at higher fat concentrations. Cream is thepastel colour of yellow, much aspink is tored. By mixing yellow and white, cream can be produced.
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista's first uniform featured cream shirts before switching definitively to white shirts (due to a washing up error), which were kept since then.
^Maerz, A.; Paul, M. Rea (1930).A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 41 Plate 9 Colour Sample D4, 206. The colour shown above matches the colour sample in the book.
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