Color Names

Corky

Dull, earthy, like wine gone bad from a tainted cork.

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Corky is a muted beige, close to brown.

It can be described as muted, dull, matte and soft.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Corky

Corky Ballas

Mark Alexander "Corky" Ballas Sr. is an American retired competitive ballroom dancer who holds several Latin dance championship titles. His son, Mark Ballas, is a professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars. His father was George Ballas, who invented the Weed Eater lawn-trimming device.

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Corkie Blow

Edward Percy Blow, known as Percy, Corky, or Corkie Blow, was an English professional footballer who made 162 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City. He also played non-League football in the Lincolnshire area. He played as a left half. While still a boy, he was honoured by the Royal Humane Society for saving the life of another child.

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Corky (orca)

Corky II, often referred to as just Corky, is a female captive orca from the A5 Pod of northern resident orcas. At approximately the age of four, Corky was captured from Pender Harbour off the coast of British Columbia on 11 December 1969. She has lived at SeaWorld San Diego in San Diego, California since 21 January 1987. As of 2024, she is the oldest and longest kept captive orca. SeaWorld San Diego celebrates her birthday on January 1 every year.

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corky

Adjective

  1. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
  2. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.

Noun

  1. A deep bruise, usually on the leg or buttock, caused by a blow; a haematoma.
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