Apricot (color)
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Apricot is a light yellowish-orangeish color that is similar to the color of apricots. However, it is somewhat paler than actual apricots.
The etymology of the color apricot (and the fruit): the word comes from the Arabic Al-birquq (itself from Greek berikokon, ultimately from Latin praecoquum). Apricot has been in use as a color name since 1851.[1] Nowadays it is used in the flag of Armenia.
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— Color coordinates — |
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| Hex triplet | #FDD5B1 | |
| RGBB | (r, g, b) | (253, 213, 177) |
| HSV | (h, s, v) | (30°, 22%, 89%) |
| Source | Crayola | |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) |
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Displayed at right is the color called apricot since 1949 in Crayola crayons.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930—McGraw-Hill. See page 189 for year of first recorded use of color name reference and page 43, Plate 10 Color Sample 7F for color sample of Apricot.
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| 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 | Ruby | Salmon | Shocking pink | Thulian pink | Ultra pink | |
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| Amber | Apricot | Beige | Buff | Cream | Dark goldenrod | Ecru | Gold | Gold (metallic) | Goldenrod |
| Green-yellow | Jasmine | Jonquil | Khaki | Lemon chiffon | Lime | Lion | Maize | Mikado yellow | Naples yellow |
| Navajo white | Olive | Papaya whip | Saffron | School bus yellow | Selective yellow | Stil de grain yellow | Sunglow | Vanilla | Yellow |
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