Coquelicot

Coquelicot
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Les Coquelicots by Claude Monet, 1873.


Coquelicot or coquelico (KOHK-lee-koh) is a French vernacular name for the wild corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas. The flower is distinguished by its bright red colour, and orange tint.[1] It eventually passed into English usage as the name of a colour based upon that of the flower. The first recorded use of this usage was in the year 1795. [2]


Claude Monet painted "Les Coquelicots" or "Poppies Blooming" in 1873.


The California poppy is coloured a shade of golden called golden poppy.

See also

  • List of colours

Oil on Convas

References

  1. ^ Webster's Unabridged Universal Dictionary, World Syndicate Publishing, N.Y., 1937
  2. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Coquelicot: Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample C10
  • Cecil, David (1978). A Portrait of Jane Austen. Constable. 
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Shades of red
Amaranth Auburn Burgundy Cardinal Carmine Cerise Chestnut Crimson Dark red Electric crimson
                   
Fire brick Flame Folly Fuchsia Lust Magenta Raspberry Red Red-violet Redwood
                   
Rose Rosewood Rust Scarlet Terra cotta Tuscan red Vermilion Wine
               
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  • Coquelicot — Coque li*cot , n. [F.] 1. (Bot.) The wild poppy, or red corn rose. [1913 Webster] 2. The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Coquelicot — (fr., spr. Kocklikoh), 1) wilder Mohn; 2) die Farbe desselben, hochroth, zwischen Karmesin u. Scharlach stehend …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • coquelicot — [kōk′li kō΄] n. 〚< Fr coq, cock: applied to the poppy because of similarity of color to that of a cock s comb〛 CORN POPPY * * * …   Universalium

  • coquelicot — [kōk′li kō΄] n. [< Fr coq, cock: applied to the poppy because of similarity of color to that of a cock s comb] CORN POPPY …   English World dictionary

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