Coquelicot

Coquelicot
Coquelicot
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF3800
sRGBB (r, g, b)	(255, 56, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(13°, 100%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)	(56, 164, 15°)
Source	[Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid reddish orange
	B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte);

Coquelicot ( /ˈkoʊklɪkoʊ/ KOHK-li-koh) is a shade of red. The term was originally a French vernacular name for the wild corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, which is distinguished by its bright red color, and orange tint.^[1] It eventually passed into English usage as the name of a color 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.

References

^ Webster's Unabridged Universal Dictionary, World Syndicate Publishing, N.Y., 1937
^ 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.

[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

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