Amaranth (color)

Reddish-rose color derived from the amaranth plant

Amaranth #E52B50
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Amaranth is a reddish-rose color that is a representation of the color of the flower of the amaranth plant. The color shown is the color of the red amaranth flower (the color normally considered amaranth), but there are other varieties of amaranth that have other colors of amaranth flowers; these colors are also shown below.

Description

The color amaranth is displayed at right. This color is also called amaranth red to distinguish it from the varying colors of other varieties of the amaranth flower.

The color amaranth is similar to printer's magenta (pigment magenta), but redder. It is the color of the flower of those amaranth plants that have amaranth red colored flowers.

The first recorded use of amaranth as a color name in English was in 1690.^[1]

Etymology

The name amaranth comes from the Greek a (not) + marainean (to waste away), i.e., a flower believed to grow on Mount Olympus which never died.

Variations

Pink

Amaranth pink

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#F19CBB
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(241, 156, 187)
HSV (h, s, v)	(338°, 35%, 95%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(74, 53, 348°)
Source	Maerz and Paul^[2]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Moderate purplish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color amaranth pink is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of pink amaranth flowers.^[3]

The first recorded use of amaranth pink as a color name in English was in 1905.^[4]

Bright

Radical red

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF355E
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(255, 53, 94)
HSV (h, s, v)	(348°, 79%, 100%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(57, 145, 6°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The Crayola crayon color radical red is displayed at right.

The color radical red, which may also be called bright amaranth pink,^{[citation needed]} was formulated by Crayola in 1990.

This color is supposed to be fluorescent, but there is no mechanism for displaying fluorescence on a computer screen.

Purple

Amaranth purple

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#AB274F
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(171, 39, 79)
HSV (h, s, v)	(342°, 77%, 67%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(39, 88, 1°)
Source	Maerz and Paul^[5]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color amaranth purple is displayed at right. This color is a representation of the color of purple amaranth flowers.^[6] The common name purple aramanth applies to two species: Amaranthus blitum and Amaranthus cruentus.

The first recorded use of amaranth purple as a color name in English was in 1912.^[7]

Deep

Amaranth (M&P)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#9F2B68
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(159, 43, 104)
HSV (h, s, v)	(328°, 73%, 62%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(38, 70, 344°)
Source	Maerz and Paul^[8]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Deep purplish red
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Amaranth deep purple is the tone of amaranth that is called amaranth in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color.

Alizarin

Alizarin

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#DB2D43
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(219, 45, 67)
HSV (h, s, v)	(352°, 79%, 86%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(49, 129, 9°)
Source	Maerz and Paul ^[9]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Brilliant amaranth
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Alizarin is the tone of amaranth that is called alizarin in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color.

References

^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 189; Color Sample of Amaranth: Page 127 Plate 53 Color Sample L3 (Note: The color sample called Amaranth in A Dictionary of Color is not the Amaranth Red color shown above that is normally considered Amaranth today, but is the color shown above as Amaranth Deep Purple.)
^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called amaranth pink in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color amaranth pink is displayed on page 121, Plate 49, Color Sample D8.
^ "Picture of amaranth pink colored amaranth flowers (labeled as "pink")". Archived from the original on 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 189; Color Sample of Amaranth Pink: Page 121 Plate 49 Color Sample D8
^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called amaranth purple in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color amaranth purple is displayed on page 129, Plate 53, Color Sample L3.
^ "Picture of amaranth purple colored amaranth flowers". Archived from the original on 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 189; Color Sample of Amaranth Purple: Page 129 Plate 53 Color Sample L3
^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called amaranth in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color amaranth is displayed on page 111, Plate 44, Color Sample L8.
^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called alizarin in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color alizarin is displayed on page 132, Plate 68, Color Sample L6.

External links

[1] Picture of purple amaranth flower
Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium: Amaranthus cruentus L.:

Shades of pink

Amaranth	Amaranth pink	Baker-Miller pink	Barbie Pink	Blush	Brilliant rose	Brink pink	Carnation pink	Cameo Pink	Cerise

Champagne pink	Cherry blossom pink	China rose	Coral	Coral pink	Cordovan	Cyclamen	Deep pink	Dogwood rose	Fairy Tale

French rose	Fuchsia	Fuchsia rose	Folly	Heliotrope	Hollywood cerise	Hot magenta	Hot pink	Lavender blush	Lavender pink

Magenta	Mexican pink	Mimi Pink	Misty rose	Mountbatten pink	Old rose	Orchid pink	Pale Dogwood	Peach	Persian rose

Persian pink	Phlox	Piggy pink	Pink	Pink lavender	Pink lace	Rose Pompadour	Puce	Raspberry	Razzle dazzle rose

Razzmatazz	Red-violet	Raspberry rose	Rose	Rose Bonbon	Rose ebony	Rose pink	Rose quartz	Rose red	Rose taupe

Rose vale	Rosewood	Rosy brown	Salmon pink	Seashell	Shocking pink	Tea rose	Tickle me pink	Telemagenta	Thulian pink

Ultra pink

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

Shades of red

Amaranth purple	Barn red	Bittersweet	Bittersweet shimmer	Blood red	Bright pink (Crayola)	Burgundy	Candy apple red	Cantaloupe melon	Cardinal

Carmine	Cerise	Chili red	Chocolate cosmos	Cinnabar	Claret	Coquelicot	Coral pink	Cordovan	Cornell red

Crimson	Dark red	Falu red	Fire brick	Fire engine red	Folly	Garnet	Imperial red	Indian red	Jasper

Light coral	Light red	Madder	Mahogany	Maroon	Misty rose	Off-red (RGB)	Old rose	OU crimson	Penn red

Persian red	Pink	Poppy	Red	Red-brown	Red (CMYK) (pigment red)	Red (Crayola)	Red (Munsell)	Red (NCS)	Red (Pantone)

Redwood	Rojo	Rose	Rose ebony	Rose red	Rose taupe	Rose vale	Rosewood	Rosy brown	Rust

Rusty red	Salmon	Salmon pink	Scarlet	Syracuse red-orange	Tea rose (red)	Tomato	Turkey red	Vermilion	Wine

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

Shades of magenta

African Violet	Amaranth	Amaranth purple	Baker-Miller pink	Cerise	Chinese Violet	Crimson	Carmine	Dark Magenta	Eggplant

English Violet	Fandango	Finn	Fuchsia	Hot magenta	Lavender magenta	Lavender rose	Magenta dye	Magenta (CMYK)	Magenta (RGB)

Magenta (Crayola)	Magenta (Pantone)	Magenta haze	Mulberry	Orchid	Plum	Purple	Purple pizzazz	Quinacridone magenta	Raspberry

Razzle dazzle rose	Red-violet	Rose	Rose pink	Rose quartz	Shocking pink	Shocking pink (Crayola)	Steel pink	Sky magenta	Telemagenta

Violet (JTC)	Violet (web color)

A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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