Although modern usage of “wenge” is most often associated with a deep, dark brown—the color of exotic African hard woods—the examples provided do not offer any instances of the term being used to describe a hue. Instead, these texts employ “wenge” in contexts that clearly pertain to actions or names rather than color (for example, see [1], [2], and [3]). In other words, while contemporary literature and design have embraced “wenge” as a descriptor of a rich, earthy tone, the cited examples reflect an earlier literary tradition where the word carried entirely different connotations, leaving no evidence of its use as a color term.