Cerise (color)

Cerise

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #DE3163
RGBB (r, g, b) (222, 49, 99)
HSV (h, s, v) (343°, 78%, 87%)
Source Maerz and Paul[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cerise ( /səˈriːs/ or /səˈriːz/; French pronunciation: [səˈʁiz]) is a deep to vivid pinkish red.

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Etymology

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recorded use of cerise as a color name in English was in The Times of November 30, 1858.[2] This date of 1858 as the date of first use of the color name is also mentioned in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color. [3] However, it was used at least as early as 1845 in a book of crochet patterns.[4]

The color name comes from the French word "cerise", meaning cherry. The word "cherry" itself comes from the Norman cherise.

Distinction between the colors cerise and cherry red

In the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color it is pointed out that the color cerise has always been depicted as a somewhat bluer color than the actual color of a fresh uncooked cherry, which is a denoted by a different redder color called cherry red. [5] Basically, the color cerise is a depiction of the somewhat bluer color of a cooked cherry, such as the cherries in a cherry pie.

Variations of cerise

There are various tones of cerise.

Deep cerise

Cerise (Crayola)

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #DA3287
RGBB (r, g, b) (218, 50, 135)
HSV (h, s, v) (317°, 57%, 62%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the deep tone of cerise called cerise in Crayola crayons (see the List of Crayola crayon colors).

The color name cerise has been in use for this color since 1993 by Crayola.


Hollywood cerise

Hollywood

— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #F400A1
RGBB (r, g, b) (244, 0, 161)
HSV (h, s, v) (320°, 100%, 96%)
Source Maerz and Paul [6]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

In the 1950s, a popular brand of colored pencils, Venus Paradise, had a colored pencil called Hollywood cerise which was this color. Before being renamed Hollywood cerise in the 1940s, the color had before that, since its inception in 1922, been known simply as Hollywood.[7]

Cerise in human culture

Academics

Sport

Television

See also

References

  1. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called cerise in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color cerise is displayed on page 31, Plate 4, Color Sample J6.
  2. ^ http://www.oed.com.libezproxy.open.ac.uk/Entry/29939
  3. ^ Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill See Cerise in Index Page 192
  4. ^ Crochet Explained and Illustrated, by Cornelia Mee. London: David Bogue, Fleet Street (1845), p. 117.
  5. ^ Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill See discussion of the color Cerise on pages 152 and 153 within the section called Notes on Color Names
  6. ^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called Hollywood in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color Hollywood is displayed on page 33, Plate 5, Color Sample K5.
  7. ^ Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill See Hollywood in Index, Page 196 and Color Sample of Hollywood, Page 33, Plate 5, Color Sample K5
  8. ^ Konglig Datasektionen, Regulations, §1.1 Color

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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 Ruby Rust Scarlet Terra cotta Tuscan red Vermilion Wine
                 
The samples shown above are only indicative.
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 Ruby Salmon Shocking pink Thulian pink Ultra pink
                 
The samples shown above are only indicative.
Shades of violet
Amethyst Byzantium Cerise Eggplant Fandango Fuchsia Heliotrope Indigo Lavender blush Lavender (floral)
                   
Lavender (web) Magenta Orchid Plum Purple Red-violet Rose Thistle Violet Wisteria
                   
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