Rose (color)

Rose
— Common connotations —
love, optimism
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`FF007F`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(255, 0, 127)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(330°, 100%, 100^[1]%)
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`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(255, 0, 127)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(330°, 100%, 100^[1]%)
Source		By definition
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color #FF007F, shown at right, 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.^[2]

The etymology of the color name rose is the same as that of the name of the rose 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`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(255, 228, 225)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(337°, 37%, 94%)
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.^[3]

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`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(244, 194, 194)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(337°, 47%, 93%)
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.^[4] 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.^[5]

The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) – Color Sample of Tea Rose (color sample #28)

Tickle Me Pink

Tickle Me Pink
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`FC89AC`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(252, 137, 172)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(342°, 46%, 99%)
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.

Persian Pink

Persian Pink
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`F77FBE`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(247, 127, 190)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(330°, 72%, 77%)
Source		Maerz and Paul
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Since the color rose is so well loved in Persia (Iran), some shades of rose are named after Persia, such as the light tone 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.^[6]

Rose Pink

The first recorded use of rose pink as a color name in English was in 1761.^[2]

Rose Bonbon

Rose Bonbon
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`F9429E`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(249, 66, 158)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(330°, 74%, 98^[7]%)
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.

Magenta (Crayola)

Magenta (Crayola)
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`F653A6`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(246, 83, 166)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(330°, 96%, 63%)
Source		Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is a Crayola color formulated in 1949; originally called brilliant rose but the name changed in 1958 to magenta.

Thulian Pink

Thulian Pink
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`DE6FA1`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(222, 111, 161)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(330°, 82%, 92^[8]%)
Source		ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color Thulian pink. This color is also called Thulite pink; the first recorded use of Thulite pink as a color name in English was in 1912.^[9]

The term Thulian pink refers to the land of Thule.

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, (a color system that is widely used by interior designers) was inaugurated in 1948.^[10]

Brink Pink

Brink Pink
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`FB607F`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(251, 96, 127)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(333°, 88%, 80%)
Source		Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color brink pink. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1998.

French Rose

French Rose
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`F64A8A`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(246, 74, 138)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(330°, 92%, 82%)
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.^[11]

Color sample of French Rose--this color matches exactly the color sample shown as France rose in A Dictionary of Color.

Razzmatazz

Razzmatazz
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`E3256B`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(227, 37, 107)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(338°, 84%, 89^[12]%)
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."

Razzle Dazzle Rose

Razzle Dazzle Rose
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`FF33CC`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(255, 51, 204)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(312°, 100%, 70%)
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.

Persian Rose

Persian Rose
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`FE28A2`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(254, 40, 162)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(318°, 96%, 88%)
Source		Maerz and Paul
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.^[13]^[14]

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.

Dogwood Rose

The color dogwood rose is sometimes called dogwood red. Dogwood rose in nature:^[15]

Raspberry Rose

Raspberry Rose
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`B3446C`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(179, 68, 108)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(338°, 62%, 70^[16]%)
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
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`AA98A9`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(170, 152, 169)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(330°, 12%, 50%)
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.^[17]

Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) – Color Sample of Rose Quartz.

Rosy Brown

Rosy Brown
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`BC8F8F`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(188, 143, 143)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(359°, 25%, 63%)
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
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`C08081`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(192, 128, 129)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(340°, 37%, 59%)
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.^[18]

Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) – Color Sample of Old Rose (Color Sample #6).

Rose Vale

Rose Vale
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`AB4E52`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(171, 78, 82)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(358°, 54%, 67^[19]%)
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.^[20]

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

Main article: Cordovan (color)

Cordovan
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`893F45`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(137, 63, 69)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(337°, 89%, 94%)
Source		Pantone Color Planner^[21]
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.^[22]

Rose Taupe

Main article: Taupe

Rose Taupe
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#`905D5D`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(144, 93, 93)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(330°, 42%, 46%)
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.^[23]

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`
RGB^B	(r, g, b)	(103, 76, 71)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(340°, 17%, 20%)
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.^[24]

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.^[25]

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:^[26]

Rose in human culture

Geography

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.^[27]

Holocaust

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.

Music

"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.

Politics

The revolution in which current Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili came to power in 2003 was called the "Rose Revolution".

References

^ ^a ^b web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #FF007F (Rose):
^ ^a ^b 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. Note: The color shown above matches the color sample in this book.
^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #F9429E (Rose Bonbon):
^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #DE6FA1 (Thulian pink):
^ 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
^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #E3256B (Razzmatazz):
^ 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 Note: The color sample shown above matches the color sample in this book.
^ Picture of a Persian rose
^ Dogwood rose colored leaves in a garden:
^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #B3446C (Raspberry Rose):
^ 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
^ web.forret.com Color Conversion Tool set to hex code of color #AB4E52 (Rose Vale):
^ 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. http://www.retailinsights.be/uploadedfiles/eiseman%20key%20color%20combos.pdf. 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. http://www.mangore.com/about_the_classical_guitar.html. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
^ Marrakech, Morocco—The Rose City.

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)

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

The samples shown above are only indicative.