Peach (color)

Peach (color)
The flesh of the peach fruit can be peach colored, or more pale, or more yellow-orange as here.

Peach is a color that is named for the pale color of the peach fruit. Like the color apricot, the color called peach is paler than most actual peach fruits and seems to have been formulated (like the color apricot) primarily to create a pastel palette of colors for interior design. Peach can also be described as pale orange.

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Peach

Peach
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFE5B4
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 229, 180)
HSV (h, s, v) (40°, 29%, 100%)
Source [Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color peach.

The shade of peach shown at right approximates the color of the interior flesh of that variety of peaches known as white peaches.

The first recorded use of peach as a color name in English was in 1588.[1]

Etymology of peach

Peach (cultivar 'Berry') - watercolor 1895

The etymology of the color peach (and the fruit): the word comes from the Middle English peche, derived from Middle French, in turn derived from Latin persica, i.e., the fruit from Persia. In actuality, the ultimate origin of the peach fruit was from China.

Variations of peach

Peach puff

Peach Puff
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFDAB9
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 218, 185)
HSV (h, s, v) (40°, 29%, 100%)
Source X11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color peach puff.

Crayola

Peach
About these coordinates

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFCBA4
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 203, 164)
HSV (h, s, v) (40°, 34%, 100%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color called peach in Crayola crayons (formerly called flesh before 1962).

See also: List of Crayola crayon colors


References

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Peach: Page 41 Plate 9 Color Sample A5

See also


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Shades of orange
Amber Apricot Atomic tangerine Bittersweet Brown Burnt orange Carrot orange Champagne Coral Dark salmon
                   
Deep carrot orange ECE/SAE Amber Flame Gamboge Gold Gold (metallic) International orange Lion Mahogany Old gold
                   
Orange Orange (web) Orange-red Orange peel Papaya whip Peach Peach-orange Peach-yellow Persian orange
                 
Portland Orange Princeton orange Pumpkin Rust Safety orange Salmon Satin sheen gold Sunset Tangelo
                 
Tangerine Tea rose Tenné Tomato Vermilion
         
The samples shown above are only indicative.
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Shades of pink
Amaranth Amaranth pink Apricot Brink pink Carmine Carnation pink Cerise Coral pink Deep carmine Deep pink
                   
Fandango French rose Fuchsia Hollywood cerise Hot magenta Hot pink Lavender pink Magenta Peach Persian Rose
                   
Pink Puce Rose Rose pink Salmon Shocking pink Thulian pink Ultra pink
               
The samples shown above are only indicative.

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