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 | ColorHexa |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid reddish orange |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) | |
Coquelicot ( /ˈkoʊklɪkoʊ/ KOHK-li-koh) is a shade of red. The term is originally the French name for the wild corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, which is distinguished by its bright red color and orange tint. 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.
Claude Monet painted Les Coquelicots or Poppies Blooming in 1873.
See also
References
- ↑ "Coquelicot / #ff3800 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ↑ 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.