Beige - Beige in Human Culture

Beige in Human Culture

Business

• The Beige Book, more formally called the Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions, is a report published by the Federal Reserve Board eight times a year. Each report is a gathering of "anecdotal information on current economic conditions" by each Federal Reserve Bank in its district.

Computers

• Beige tones have so often been used for personal computer cases and peripherals like mice and monitors that the term beige box has come to mean an ordinary, run-of-the-mill, generic, unremarkable personal computer.

Ethnography

• The skin color of lighter-skinned Caucasians is often described as being beige or peach.
• A mixed-race, part black and part white person, often referred to as a mulatto, is also sometimes described by themselves or others as being colored beige, referring to the darker tones of beige.

Literature

• Beige Planet Mars is an original New Adventures novel by Lance Parkin and Mark Clapham featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures are a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Sexuality

• The Beige Room was a popular San Francisco gay bar located in North Beach at 831 Broadway between Powell and Mason between 1951 and 1958. Noted drag queen Jose Sarria often performed there. The Beige Room was “where San Francisco’s drag culture flourished”. Large Halloween parties were held there with a costume contest.

Sports

• Beige was the color of New Zealand Cricket team from 1984-1989.
• Notable sporting teams around the world have adopted beige as their club color. The Dan O'Connell Cricket Club (DOCCC) is the most notable example with the Beige Army gaining national recognition in Australia for support of the DOCCC.
• The National Cricket Team of New Zealand has group of followers known as the Beige Brigade.