Rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...

is the

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halfway between

red Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondar ...

and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel. Rosa rubiginosa 1

Rose is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV color wheel. The

complementary color Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose hue) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two co ...

of rose is

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. Sometimes rose is quoted instead as the

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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.

Variations of rose

Lavender blush

This is the web color lavender blush. It is a very pale shade of rose.

Misty rose

Misty rose is a pale shade of rose. It is also a web color.

Tickle me pink

The color tickle me pink was formulated by Crayola in 1993.

Persian pink

Since the color rose is so well loved in

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

(

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

), some shades of rose are named after Persia, such as the light tone of rose of this color 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 1922.

Rose pink

The first recorded use of rose pink as a color name in English was in 1760.Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203

Rose bonbon

The name rose bonbon translates loosely from French into English as ''candy rose'' or ''candy

pink Pink is the color of a namesake flower that is a pale tint of red. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. According to surveys in Europe and the United States, pink is the color most often associated with charm, politeness, ...

'', or more specifically as ''bonbon rose'' or ''bonbon pink'' – presumably referring to

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s that are coated with icing that is colored rose bonbon. Bonbon couilles de singe

''Rose bonbon'' is a tone of rose that is popular in France.

Brilliant rose

The color brilliant rose is a Crayola color formulated in 1949, but the name was changed in 1958 to ''magenta''. The original name is more accurate since this color, having a hue code of 329, is much closer to rose than (web color) magenta.

Thulian pink

The color Thulian pink is also called Thulite pink; the first recorded use of ''Thulite pink'' as a color name in English was in 1912. The term ''Thulian pink'' refers to the land of Thule. 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. Thulite

The hex code for Thulian pink is identical to that of

China pink ''Dianthus chinensis'', commonly known as rainbow pink or China pink () is a species of ''Dianthus'' native to northern China, Korea, Mongolia, and southeastern Russia.Flora of China''Dianthus chinensis''/ref> It is a herbaceous perennial plant g ...

and Liseran purple.

French rose

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. Color sample of French rose—this color matches exactly the color sample shown as "France rose" in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color''.

Razzmatazz

The color Razzmatazz 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

The color razzle dazzle rose is a vivid tone of rose tending toward magenta. The color ''razzle dazzle rose'' was named by Crayola in 1990. Before that, from its formulation in 1972 to 1990, it had been named ''hot magenta''.

Persian rose

The first recorded use of Persian rose as a color name in English was in 1921. 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

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, 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

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about halfway between rose and magenta.

Fuchsia rose

Fuchsia rose is the color that was chosen as the 2001 Pantone color of the year by

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. The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-2031 TPX—Fuchsia rose.

Rose red

The source of rose red is the "

Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #18-1852 TPX—Rose red.

Telemagenta

The color telemagenta is one of the colors in the RAL color matching system, a color system widely used in Europe. The RAL color list first originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.

Dogwood rose

The color dogwood rose is sometimes called ''dogwood red''. Dogwood rose in nature:

Raspberry rose

This is the color raspberry rose.

China rose

The color China rose is a deep tone of rose. The first recorded use of ''China rose'' as a color name in English was in 1925.

Folly

This is the color Folly.

Ruby

Ruby is a color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished

ruby A ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum ( aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sa ...

gemstone. Ruby as a color is more akin to

rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...

than

Liseran purple

The first recorded use of liseran purple as a color name in English was in 1912.

Pearly purple

Pearly purple is one of the colors in the special set of metallic colored Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.

Mulberry

The color mulberry is a representation of the color of

mulberry ''Morus'', a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae, consists of diverse species of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, growing wild and under cultivation in many temperate world regions. Generally, the genus has 64 identif ...

jam or pie. This was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 2003. The first recorded use of ''mulberry'' as a color name in English was in 1776.Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Mulberry: Plate 48 Color Sample E9

French (Canada) Rose

French (Canada) rose is one of the brilliant raspberry color.

References

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

ark Ark or ARK may refer to: Biblical narratives and religion Hebrew word ''teva'' * Noah's Ark, a massive vessel said to have been built to save the world's animals from a flood * Ark of bulrushes, the boat of the infant Moses Hebrew ''aron'' * ...

Persian rose (color sample #254) displayed on indicated page. *ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) �
Color Sample of Tea rose (color sample #28)
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