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For a depiction of the wide variety of colors exhibited by actual rosewood, go to the 16 samples of actual rosewood depicted on the following website:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mangore.com/about_the_classical_guitar.html |title=About the classical guitar |publisher=Mangore.com |date= |accessdate=2009-12-07}}</ref> |
For a depiction of the wide variety of colors exhibited by actual rosewood, go to the 16 samples of actual rosewood depicted on the following website:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mangore.com/about_the_classical_guitar.html |title=About the classical guitar |publisher=Mangore.com |date= |accessdate=2009-12-07}}</ref> |
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==Rose in human culture== |
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;[[Fashion]] |
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* There are many tones of rose and many [[women]] like to wear [[clothing]], [[shoe]]s and [[lipstick]] colored in the various shades of rose. <ref>[http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/05/12/michelle-obama-to-bring-1-1-million-in-stimulus-to-ca/ United States First Lady Michelle Obama wearing a French rose colored dress:]</ref> |
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;[[Food]] |
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[[File:Bastani.jpg|thumb|Bastani, Persian [[rosewater]] ice cream, is typically served between wafers as an ice cream sandwich]] |
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* The color rose is popular among [[Persian people|Persian]]s because rose petals, [[vitamin C]] rich [[rose hips]] and [[sugar]] are mixed together in [[Iranian cuisine]] with various [[spice]]s to make rose colored and flavored [[jam]]s, [[sauce]]s and [[syrup]]s. Bastani, Persian [[rosewater]] ice cream, is typically served between wafers as an ice cream sandwich. |
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;[[Geography]] |
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* [[United Kingdom|British]] [[historian]] [[John William Burgon]] famously described the [[Jordan]]ian city of [[Petra]] as being colored rose, writing: |
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:Match me such marvel save in Eastern clime, |
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:A rose-red city - half as old as time! |
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* [[Marrakech]], [[Morocco]] is called the ''Rose City'' because many of its buildings are colored various shades of rose.<ref>[http://www.easier.com/view/International_Property_News/Morocco/article-107235.html Marrakech, Morocco—The Rose City].</ref> |
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* [[Portland, Oregon]], [[United States]] is known as the ''Rose City'' or the ''City of Roses'' because it has many [[rose garden]]s, most notably the [[International Rose Test Garden]]. |
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[[File:Rosenstrasse Berlin.jpg|thumb|A rose-colored [[Litfaßsäule|Litfaß column]] on the Rosenstrasse in [[Berlin]] today commemorates the [[Rosenstrasse protest]] (the building in which the detainees were held no longer exists)]] |
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;[[Holocaust]] |
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* The [[Rosenstrasse protest]] (''Rose Street protest'') took place on 27 February 1943 during the [[Holocaust]] when the [[Nazi Party|Nazis]] wanted to round up the last of the [[Jew]]s in [[Berlin]] during [[Fabrikaktion]], but were successfully resisted by the victims' [[Aryan race|non-Jewish marriage partners]], preventing these Jews from being sent to [[Auschwitz]]. It is the only example in [[Nazi Germany]] of a successful [[Non-violence|non-violent]] protest against the Holocaust in which the protesters were unharmed. The event is commemorated by a rose colored [[Litfaßsäule|Litfaß column]] in Berlin. |
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[[File:Versailles bedroom.jpg|thumb|250 px|right|The ''Salon of Mercury'' is part of the [[Grand appartement du roi]] in the [[Versailles Palace]] and is decorated with rose colored [[wallpaper]]]] |
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;[[Interior Design]] |
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* The ''Salon of Mercury'' in the [[Grand appartement du roi]] in the [[Versailles Palace]] is decorated with rose colored wallpaper. |
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;[[Music]] |
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* "[[La Vie en rose]]" ([[French language|French]] for "Life through rose-coloured glasses", literally "Life in pink") was the [[signature song]] of French singer [[Édith Piaf]]. Piaf first popularized the song in 1946. It has been covered by many artists since. |
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* [[Rose Colored Glasses]] is the 1978 [[debut]] album by country [[singer-songwriter]] [[John Conlee]]. |
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;[[Occult]] [[Physiology]] |
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* According to [[New Age]] [[author]] [[C.W. Leadbeater]], who claimed to be [[clairvoyant]], of the seven types of ''etheric atoms'' that he claimed to be able to observe with his [[third eye]] circulating through the human ''etheric body'' (colored [[violet (color)|violet]], [[blue]], [[green]], [[yellow]], [[orange (colour)|orange]], [[Maroon (color)#Dark red|dark red]], and rose), the flow of the rose colored etheric atoms (also called by Leadbeater the rose ''vitality globule'') from the [[sun]] into the rainbow colored spleen [[chakra]] is the most important since all the other etheric atoms are derived from it and the rose colored atom vivifies the nervous system. Leadbeater also asserted that humans feel good around [[pine trees]] because they radiate more rose colored etheric atoms than any other plant. <ref> Leadbeater, C.W. ''The Chakras'' Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.A.:1926--Theosophical Publishing House Pages 54-58 [http://www.anandgholap.net/Chakras-CWL.htm Full text of the book “The Chakras” by C.W. Leadbeater with color illustrations:]</ref> |
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;[[Parapsychology]] |
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* People who have [[Rose (color)#Brilliant Rose|brilliant rose]] colored [[aura (paranormal)|aura]]s are said to be capable of unselfish love as well as having spiritual love for [[humanity]].<ref> Arthur E. Powell ''The Astral Body and Other Astral Phenomenon'' Wheaton, Illinois:1927—Theosophical Publishing House Page 12 </ref> |
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;[[Politics]] |
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* The revolution in which current [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n president [[Mikhail Saakashvili]] came to power in 2003 was called the "[[Rose Revolution]]". |
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;[[Prophecy|Prophetic Teachings]] |
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* The color rose may be used to represent the teachings of [[Nostradamus]] because he originally came to note as a result of treating victims of the [[Black Plague]] with a formula that used rose hips and rose petals.{{Fact|date=April 2009}} |
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;[[Religion]] |
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* The [[Coat of Arms]] of the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] is mostly colored rose. <ref>[[:File:Coats of arms of the Serbian Orthodox Church.jpg|Coat of Arms of the Serbian Orthodox Church:]]</ref> |
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;[[Transportation planning|Transportation Planning]] |
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* The [MMDA PINK FENCES]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mmda.gov.ph |title=The Official Website of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority |publisher=Mmda.gov.ph |date= |accessdate=2009-12-07}}</ref> in [[Metro Manila]] in the [[Philippines]] are used as marks so that the motorists know where the loading of passengers occurs. |
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;[[Vexillology]] |
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* ''Dogwood Rose'' was the official description of the color of the flag of the [[nation]] of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] from [[1992]] to [[2004]]. (Sometimes the color is rendered in some versions of the flag as a simple dark red rather than this sumptuous rose color; however in the Wikipedia article on [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], a boy is shown holding a rose-colored Georgian flag.) <ref name="uptravel1"/> |
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* The [[Leon (province)|Spanish province of Leon]] has a rose colored flag.<ref>[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/es-cl-le.html Flag of Leon as shown on Flags of the World website]</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[Amaranth (color)]] |
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Revision as of 06:21, 7 September 2010
| Rose | |
|---|---|
| Common connotations | |
| love, optimism | |
 Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FF007F |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 0, 127) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (330°, 100%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (55, 143, 355°) |
| Source | [Unsourced] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel, on which it is at hue angle of 330 degrees.
Rose is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV (RGB) color wheel. The complementary color of rose is spring green.
Rose
| Rose | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FF007F |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 0, 127) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (330°, 100%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (55, 143, 355°) |
| Source | [Unsourced] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
In the color box at right is displayed the color rose.
The color FF007F is at a hue angle of 330 degrees, precisely half way between red and magenta, on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel.
Sometimes rose is quoted instead as the web-safe color FF00CC, which is closer to magenta than to red, corresponding to a hue angle near 320 degrees, or the web-safe color FF0077, which is closer to red than magenta, corresponding to a hue angle of about 340 degrees.
Etymology of rose
The first recorded use of rose as a color name in English was in 1382.[1]
The etymology of the color name rose is the same as that of the name of the flower. The name originates from Latin rosa, borrowed through Oscan from colonial Greek in southern Italy: rhodon (Aeolic form: wrodon), from Aramaic wurrdā, from Assyrian wurtinnu, from Old Iranian *warda (cf. Avestan warda, Sogdian ward, Parthian wâr).
Misty Rose
| Misty Rose | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FFE4E1 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 228, 225) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (6°, 12%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (93, 17, 19°) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the web color misty rose.
This is written as mistyrose in HTML code for computer display.[2]
The color name misty rose first came into use in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the X11 colors, which in the early 1990s became known as the X11 web colors.
Tea Rose
| Tea Rose (rose) | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #F4C2C2 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (244, 194, 194) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (0°, 20%, 96%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (83, 32, 12°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color tea rose. This is the tint of the color that is used in interior design. This color is popular in interior design for painting bedrooms, especially among women.
There is a different color also called tea rose, which is the color of an orange rose called a tea rose.[3] This other color called "tea rose" is displayed in the article called variations of orange as tea rose (orange).
The first recorded use of tea rose as a color name in English was in 1884.[4]
The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Tea Rose (color sample #28)
Persian Pink
| Persian Pink | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #F77FBE |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (247, 127, 190) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (328°, 49%, 97%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (69, 76, 339°) |
| Source | Internet |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Since the color rose is so well loved in Persia (Iran), many shades of rose are named after Persia, such as the light shade of rose at right that is called Persian pink. This color is very popular in women's fashion.
The first recorded use of Persian pink as a color name in English was in 1923.[5]
Color sample of Persian Pink--it is called here Persian Rose but the usual name for this color is Persian Pink. This color also matches the color sample of Persian pink in A Dictionary of Color, referenced below.
Rose Pink
| Rose Pink | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FF66CC |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 102, 204) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (320°, 60%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (66, 97, 331°) |
| Source | Hexcode Color Chart |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color rose pink.
The first recorded use of rose pink as a color name in English was in 1761.[6]
Rose Bonbon
| Rose Bonbon | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #F9429E |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (249, 66, 158) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (330°, 73%, 98%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (59, 114, 347°) |
| Source | Pourpre.com |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color that is called in French rose bonbon.
This translates loosely into English as candy rose or candy pink, or more specifically as bonbon rose or bonbon pink-- presumably referring to bonbons that are coated with icing that is colored rose bonbon.
Rose bonbon is a tone of rose that is popular in France.
Brilliant Rose
| Brilliant Rose | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #F653A6 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (246, 83, 166) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (329°, 66%, 96%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (60, 102, 344°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color brilliant rose.
This Crayola color was formulated in 1949 and the name changed in 1958 to magenta. However, the original name is more accurate since this color is much closer to rose than magenta. See the "Lost Crayola Crayon Colors" website.
Light Thulian Pink
| Light Thulian Pink | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #E68FAC |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (230, 143, 172) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (340°, 38%, 90%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (69, 55, 351°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color light Thulian pink. This color is also called light Thulite pink. Another name for it is light Icelandic pink.[citation needed]
Sample of Light Thulian Pink: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of (Light) Thulite Pink (color sample #247)
Thulian Pink
| Thulian Pink | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #DE6FA1 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (222, 111, 161) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (333°, 50%, 87%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (61, 71, 345°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color Thulian pink. This color is also called Thulite pink.[citation needed]
The first recorded use of Thulite pink as a color name in English was in 1912.[7]
The term Thulian pink refers to the land of Thule, most often used as the Greek name for Iceland (The Latin name would be Thulia). A Thulite or Thulian would be an inhabitant of Thule, i.e. Iceland. Therefore another name for this color is Icelandic pink.
Sample of Thulian Pink: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Thulite Pink (color sample #248)
Another name for this color is first lady.
The first use of first lady as a color name in English was in 1948 when the Plochere Color System was inaugurated.
The source of the color name first lady is the Plochere Color System, a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers. [8]
Brink Pink
| Brink Pink | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FB607F |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (251, 96, 127) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (348°, 62%, 98%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (62, 109, 4°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color brink pink. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1998.
Tickle Me Pink
| Tickle Me Pink | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FC89AC |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (252, 137, 172) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (342°, 46%, 99%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (71, 74, 355°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The color tickle me pink is displayed at right. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1993. Among designers it is also known as flamingo pink.
French Rose
| French Rose | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #F64A8A |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (246, 74, 138) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (338°, 70%, 96%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (58, 113, 355°) |
| Source | Internet |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The color French rose is also called France rose.
The first recorded use of France Rose as a color name in English was in 1926.[9]
Razzmatazz
| Razzmatazz | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #E3256B |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (227, 37, 107) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (338°, 84%, 89%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (50, 123, 359°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Displayed at right is the color Razzmatazz.
This color is a rich shade of crimson-rose.
Razzmatazz was a new Crayola crayon color chosen in 1993 as a part of the Name The New Colors Contest.
It was named by then 5-year-old Laura Bartolomei-Hill. She was the youngest winner of Crayola's "Name the New Colors Contest."
American Rose
| American Rose | |
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| Common connotations | |
| love and beauty | |
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FF033E |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 3, 62) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (346°, 99%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (54, 168, 9°) |
| Source | Internet |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color American rose.
The color American rose is also called American beauty. This color is the color of an American beauty rose, the official flower of the District of Columbia.
The first recorded use of American beauty as a color name in English was in 1915.[10]
The source of this color is a picture of an American beauty rose on the official website of the District of Columbia:[11]
Persian Rose
| Persian Rose | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FE28A2 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (254, 40, 162) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (326°, 84%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (57, 125, 344°) |
| Source | Internet |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The color Persian rose is displayed at right.
The first recorded use of Persian rose as a color name in English was in 1922.[12]
The source of this color is the following picture: Picture of a Persian rose.
This color matches the color of the Persian rose color sample in A Dictionary of Color--a highly saturated color close to the outer surface of the color sphere, just below the equator of the color sphere, about halfway between rose and magenta. The color Persian rose may also be described as a color close to the purple boundary of the CIE chromaticity diagram about halfway between rose and magenta.
Razzle Dazzle Rose
| Razzle Dazzle Rose | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #FF33CC |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (255, 51, 204) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (315°, 80%, 100%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (60, 119, 328°) |
| Source | Crayola |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Displayed at right is the color razzle dazzle rose.
This color is a vivid tone of rose tending toward magenta.
The color razzle dazzle rose was formulated by Crayola in 1990.
Dogwood Rose (Georgian Rose)
| Dogwood Rose | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #D71868 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (215, 24, 104) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (335°, 89%, 84%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (47, 118, 357°) |
| Source | Vexillological |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color dogwood rose.
Dogwood rose was the official description of the color of the flag of the nation of Georgia from 1990 to 2004. Sometimes it is called dogwood red. This color is also called Georgian rose.[13] Dogwood rose in nature:[14] (Sometimes the color is rendered in some versions of the flag as a simple dark red rather than this color.)
Raspberry Rose
| Raspberry Rose | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #B3446C |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (179, 68, 108) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (338°, 62%, 70%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (45, 72, 354°) |
| Source | ISCC NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color raspberry rose.
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Raspberry Rose (color sample #255).
Rose Quartz
| Rose Quartz | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #AA98A9 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (170, 152, 169) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (303°, 11%, 67%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (65, 14, 310°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
A grayish shade of rose is called rose quartz.
The first recorded use of rose quartz as a color name in English was in 1926.[15]
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Rose Quartz.
Rosy Brown
| Rosy Brown | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #BC8F8F |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (188, 143, 143) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (0°, 24%, 74%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (64, 29, 12°) |
| Source | X11 |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Displayed at right is the web color rosy brown.
The color name rosy brown first came into use in 1987, when this color was formulated as one of the X11 colors, which in the early 1990s became known as the X11 web colors.
Old Rose
| Old Rose | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #C08081 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (192, 128, 129) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (359°, 33%, 75%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (60, 43, 11°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color old rose.
The first recorded use of old rose as a color name in English was in 1892.[16]
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Old Rose (Color Sample #6).
Rose Gold
| Rose Gold | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #B76E79 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (183, 110, 121) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (351°, 40%, 72%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (55, 48, 4°) |
| Source | Internet |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The color rose gold is displayed in the color box at right.
This is a popular color for women's jewelry.
The source of this color was a picture of rose gold embossing powder for sale on eBay.
Copper Rose
| Copper Rose | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #996666 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (153, 102, 102) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (0°, 33%, 60%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (49, 34, 12°) |
| Source | Hexcode Color Chart |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color copper rose.
The first recorded use of copper rose as a color name in English was in 1928.[17]
Rose Vale
| Rose Vale | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #AB4E52 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (171, 78, 82) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (357°, 54%, 67%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (45, 67, 10°) |
| Source | ISCC NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color rose vale.
The first recorded use of rose vale as a color name in English was in 1923.[18]
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Rose Vale (color sample #15).
Another name for this color is redwood.
Cordovan
| Cordovan | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #893F45 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (137, 63, 69) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (355°, 54%, 54%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (37, 51, 8°) |
| Source | Pantone Color Planner[19] |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Cordovan is a rich medium dark shade of rose.
The first recorded use of cordovan as a color name in English was in 1925.[20]
Rose Taupe
| Rose Taupe | |
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| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #905D5D |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (144, 93, 93) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (0°, 35%, 56%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (45, 34, 12°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
The color displayed at right is rose taupe.
The first recorded use of rose taupe as a color name in English was in 1924.[21]
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Rose Taupe (color sample #19).
Rose Ebony
| Rose Ebony | |
|---|---|
| Color coordinates | |
| Hex triplet | #674846 |
| sRGBB (r, g, b) | (103, 72, 70) |
| HSV (h, s, v) | (4°, 32%, 40%) |
| CIELChuv (L, C, h) | (34, 20, 16°) |
| Source | ISCC-NBS |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
At right is displayed the color rose ebony.
The first recorded use of rose ebony as a color name in English was in 1924.[22]
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Rose Ebony (color sample #47)
Rosewood
The color rosewood is named after rosewood.
The first recorded use of rosewood as a color name in English was in 1892.[23]
For a depiction of the wide variety of colors exhibited by actual rosewood, go to the 16 samples of actual rosewood depicted on the following website:[24]
Rose in human culture
- There are many tones of rose and many women like to wear clothing, shoes and lipstick colored in the various shades of rose. [25]
- The color rose is popular among Persians because rose petals, vitamin C rich rose hips and sugar are mixed together in Iranian cuisine with various spices to make rose colored and flavored jams, sauces and syrups. Bastani, Persian rosewater ice cream, is typically served between wafers as an ice cream sandwich.
- British historian John William Burgon famously described the Jordanian city of Petra as being colored rose, writing:
- Match me such marvel save in Eastern clime,
- A rose-red city - half as old as time!
- Marrakech, Morocco is called the Rose City because many of its buildings are colored various shades of rose.[26]
- Portland, Oregon, United States is known as the Rose City or the City of Roses because it has many rose gardens, most notably the International Rose Test Garden.
- The Rosenstrasse protest (Rose Street protest) took place on 27 February 1943 during the Holocaust when the Nazis wanted to round up the last of the Jews in Berlin during Fabrikaktion, but were successfully resisted by the victims' non-Jewish marriage partners, preventing these Jews from being sent to Auschwitz. It is the only example in Nazi Germany of a successful non-violent protest against the Holocaust in which the protesters were unharmed. The event is commemorated by a rose colored Litfaß column in Berlin.
- The Salon of Mercury in the Grand appartement du roi in the Versailles Palace is decorated with rose colored wallpaper.
- "La Vie en rose" (French for "Life through rose-coloured glasses", literally "Life in pink") was the signature song of French singer Édith Piaf. Piaf first popularized the song in 1946. It has been covered by many artists since.
- Rose Colored Glasses is the 1978 debut album by country singer-songwriter John Conlee.
- According to New Age author C.W. Leadbeater, who claimed to be clairvoyant, of the seven types of etheric atoms that he claimed to be able to observe with his third eye circulating through the human etheric body (colored violet, blue, green, yellow, orange, dark red, and rose), the flow of the rose colored etheric atoms (also called by Leadbeater the rose vitality globule) from the sun into the rainbow colored spleen chakra is the most important since all the other etheric atoms are derived from it and the rose colored atom vivifies the nervous system. Leadbeater also asserted that humans feel good around pine trees because they radiate more rose colored etheric atoms than any other plant. [27]
- People who have brilliant rose colored auras are said to be capable of unselfish love as well as having spiritual love for humanity.[28]
- The revolution in which current Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili came to power in 2003 was called the "Rose Revolution".
- The color rose may be used to represent the teachings of Nostradamus because he originally came to note as a result of treating victims of the Black Plague with a formula that used rose hips and rose petals.[citation needed]
- The Coat of Arms of the Serbian Orthodox Church is mostly colored rose. [29]
- The [MMDA PINK FENCES][30] in Metro Manila in the Philippines are used as marks so that the motorists know where the loading of passengers occurs.
- Dogwood Rose was the official description of the color of the flag of the nation of Georgia from 1992 to 2004. (Sometimes the color is rendered in some versions of the flag as a simple dark red rather than this sumptuous rose color; however in the Wikipedia article on Georgia, a boy is shown holding a rose-colored Georgian flag.) [13]
- The Spanish province of Leon has a rose colored flag.[31]
See also
- Amaranth (color)
- Cerise (color)
- Fuchsia (color)
- Pink
- Toulouse: "La Ville Rose"
- List of colors
References
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203
- ^ CSS3 Color Module. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill--Discussion of color Tea Rose, Page 183
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 183
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Persian Pink: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample H4
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Thulite pink: Page 25 Plate 50 Color Sample I1
- ^ Plochere Color System:
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195 Color Sample of France Rose: Page 25 Plate 1 Color Sample F4
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 189 Color Sample of American Beauty: Page 35 Plate 6 Color Sample F6
- ^ "District of Columbia: About". About.dc.gov. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Persian Rose: Page 123 Plate 50 Color Sample K7
- ^ a b http://www.1uptravel.com/flags/images/gg-lgflag.gif
- ^ Dogwood rose colored leaves in a garden:
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203 Color Sample: Page 129 Plate 53 Color Sample B3
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200 Color Sample: Page 31 Plate 4 Color Sample I2
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193 Color Sample of Copper Rose: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample J5
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Rose Vale Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample K9
- ^ Shah, David. "Pantone View Color Planner Summer 2007 Key Color Combinations" (PDF). Metropolitan Publishing of Amsterdam. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Cordovan Page 39 Plate 8 Color Sample H8
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Rose Taupe Page 55 Plate 16 Color Sample A4
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Rose Ebony Page 39 Plate 8 Color Sample E6
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Rosewood Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample J9
- ^ "About the classical guitar". Mangore.com. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ United States First Lady Michelle Obama wearing a French rose colored dress:
- ^ Marrakech, Morocco—The Rose City.
- ^ Leadbeater, C.W. The Chakras Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.A.:1926--Theosophical Publishing House Pages 54-58 Full text of the book “The Chakras” by C.W. Leadbeater with color illustrations:
- ^ Arthur E. Powell The Astral Body and Other Astral Phenomenon Wheaton, Illinois:1927—Theosophical Publishing House Page 12
- ^ Coat of Arms of the Serbian Orthodox Church:
- ^ "The Official Website of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority". Mmda.gov.ph. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ Flag of Leon as shown on Flags of the World website
External links
- ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See sample of the color [Dark] Persian Rose (color sample #254) displayed on indicated page.
- ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Tea Rose (color sample #28)