Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
color of tomato soup
English answer:
creamy tomato red
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Roddy Stegemann
Mar 8, 2004 03:57
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color of tomato soup
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Hi everyone,
This question is best answered by those familiar with Campbell's tomato soup -- the kind sold in a can and often served on college and university campuses in the United States. It is this color for which I am seeking a more formal name.
The best I could come up with on my own is creamy orange, but I find this little better than the color of tomato soup that in the end is a far more precise description, if you are familiar with Campbell soups.
Any suggestions for those unfamiliar with Campbell soup?
This question is best answered by those familiar with Campbell's tomato soup -- the kind sold in a can and often served on college and university campuses in the United States. It is this color for which I am seeking a more formal name.
The best I could come up with on my own is creamy orange, but I find this little better than the color of tomato soup that in the end is a far more precise description, if you are familiar with Campbell soups.
Any suggestions for those unfamiliar with Campbell soup?
Responses
| 2 +4 | cream of tomato soup |
Jonathan MacKerron
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| 3 +5 | reddish-orange |
Tony M
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| 4 | Campbell tomato soup colour |
Edith Kelly
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| 3 +1 | Campbell's Tomato Soup Orange |
PAS
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| 5 -1 | tomato color |
Ildiko Santana
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| 3 +1 | buy the biggest box of Crayola crayons on the market |
Melanie Nassar
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| 5 -1 | Red-yellow |
Alex Zelkind (X)
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| 3 -1 | tomato red |
RHELLER
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Jonathan MacKerron
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cream of tomato soup
describes the color nicely
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Note added at 4 hrs 12 mins (2004-03-08 08:09:05 GMT)
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creamy tomato red
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Note added at 4 hrs 12 mins (2004-03-08 08:09:05 GMT)
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creamy tomato red
Peer comment(s):
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Edith Kelly
: It's a description, true, if one wants to avoid the Campbell name, I'd go for creamy tomato colour or tinned (canned for our American friends) cream of tomato soup, but that's all a bit unwieldy.
8 mins
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Alexandra Tussing
4 hrs
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| agree |
Rajan Chopra
7 hrs
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| agree |
Mario Marcolin
: with Edith
7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Hi everyone!
Although I found armaat's Crayola crayons' suggestion quite good, not having children I wouldn't know what to do with the crayons after having purchased the biggest box!
Jonathan's remark to Edith about the color of the Campbell's soup base and the actual soup are what dissuaded me from choosing Dusty's answer.
So, as to avoid the whole notion of soup and thus spare those unfamiliar with Campbell's tomato soup the agony of guesswork I have chosen Jonathan's second suggestion.
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. It certainly will make my next can Campbell's tomato soup more fun to eat. Oh, how long has it been!"
2 hrs
Edith Kelly
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Campbell tomato soup colour
This is known by many people ... don't forget Andy Warhol's famous watch. Hearing Campbell tomato soup, I exactly know the colour (and also that of most other tomato soups).
Umbrella- Warhol: Campbell's Tomato Soup
© 2000 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc
© C.S.C.
Artist: Andy Warhol
Medium: Umbrella
Size: 46" (117cm)
Item #: 7222
Name: Tomato Soup
Price: $33.50
About this item...
Every cloud has a silver lining when you carry this giant cane umbrella. Click the switch to open and the umbrella automatically expands to a diameter of 42 inches. On the outside of one panel is Warhol's Campbell's Tomato Soup Can design. On each panel of the silver colored inside are quotes by Andy Warhol. Comes with a protective case emblazoned with Andy Warhol's signature in silver.
Umbrella- Warhol: Campbell's Tomato Soup
© 2000 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc
© C.S.C.
Artist: Andy Warhol
Medium: Umbrella
Size: 46" (117cm)
Item #: 7222
Name: Tomato Soup
Price: $33.50
About this item...
Every cloud has a silver lining when you carry this giant cane umbrella. Click the switch to open and the umbrella automatically expands to a diameter of 42 inches. On the outside of one panel is Warhol's Campbell's Tomato Soup Can design. On each panel of the silver colored inside are quotes by Andy Warhol. Comes with a protective case emblazoned with Andy Warhol's signature in silver.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Ildiko Santana
: Andy Warhol is highly over-rated.
49 mins
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| neutral |
Jonathan MacKerron
: there are two different colors here, one in the can and the other when mixed with milk
1 hr
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True, but the contents of the tin (can in US English) are striking, once you've seen them, you never forget. But I go with your description, too.
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Tony M
: Andy Warhol made the LABEL colour famous, which is NOT the same, and might cause confusion!
3 hrs
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+1
3 hrs
Campbell's Tomato Soup Orange
This will include the name of the product and the colour to refer it to.
I don't know if this is what you want, however.
You can also try comparing the colour with a Pantone or CMYK chart to give it a Pantone or CMYK designation, but this would be a technical description, e.g. "Pantone 021 orange"
I don't know if this is what you want, however.
You can also try comparing the colour with a Pantone or CMYK chart to give it a Pantone or CMYK designation, but this would be a technical description, e.g. "Pantone 021 orange"
-1
3 hrs
Ildiko Santana
United States
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tomato color
Any other choice would anger Campbell.
No, seriously! They even add some chemicals to maintain the tomato color. That's the point! :)
No, seriously! They even add some chemicals to maintain the tomato color. That's the point! :)
Peer comment(s):
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Edith Kelly
: Have you ever seen the difference between a (fresh - not canned) tomato and tomato soup?
5 mins
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No, I always cook it fresh, and I don't see Google as the ultimate solution to translation questions either.
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Tony M
: Sorry, but Campbells' colour is NOTHING LIKE real tomatoes!
2 hrs
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+1
4 hrs
Melanie Nassar
United States
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buy the biggest box of Crayola crayons on the market
Check out the name of the color closest to tomato soup. When I was young, I was fascinated by the different terms used , from orange red, red orange, etc. on to the exotic descriptions. Short of using the Pantone designations, as suggested above, I don't know how else to describe the color, without using tomato soup.
-1
4 hrs
Red-yellow
Why not? :)
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: It's not really yellow, and also, the use of a hyphenated term could cause confusion: think of 'green-yellow' used for the earth wire - green with a yellow stripe
1 hr
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+5
5 hrs
reddish-orange
or orangey-red, though that sounds less satisfactory to me for formal use
Peer comment(s):
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IrinaGM
1 hr
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Thanks, Irina!
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| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
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Thanks, Vicky!
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| agree |
karina koguta
: I guess that's the color we're talking about.
3 hrs
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Thanks, Karina! I just opened a tin to check... :-)
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Nado2002
15 hrs
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Thanks, Nado!
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Refugio
: creamy reddish-orange, since it has a component of white
22 hrs
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Thanks, Ruth! Not so sure about the white bit; Campbell's really IS a VERY virulent colour, not like REAL soup at all...
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Discussion
So far, I have enjoyed the allusion to Andy Warhol and found the Pantone 021 Orange entry to be most precise. Unfortunately, there are like few readers who have learned to master Adobe Photoshop. So, please everyone, keep trying!