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{{color swatch|#E52B50|Amaranth (<tt>#E52B50</tt>)|right}}
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[[Image:Amaranthus tricolor0.jpg|left|thumb|200 px|The flower of the [[amaranth]] plant]]
[[Image:Amaranthus tricolor0.jpg|left|thumb|200 px|The flower of the [[amaranth]] plant]]
'''Amaranth''' is a [[red]]dish-[[Rose (color)|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.
'''Amaranth''' is a [[red]]dish-[[Rose (color)|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.


The color '''amaranth''' is similar to printer's [[magenta]] (pigment magenta) (but redder).{{source}} It is the color of the flower of those [[amaranth]] plants that have ''amaranth red'' colored flowers.
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==Amaranth==
{{infobox color|
title= Amaranth|
hex= E52B50|
r=229|g= 43|b= 80|
c= 10|m= 73|y= 58|k= 10|
h=345|s= 78|v= 64
}}
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.

This color is similar to printer's [[magenta]] (pigment magenta) (Hex Code #FF0090) (but a lot more reddish). 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 language|English]] was in 1690. <ref> 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.)</ref>
The first recorded use of ''amaranth'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1690. <ref> 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.)</ref>
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=== Etymology ===
== Etymology ==
The name ''amaranth'' comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''a'' (not) + ''marainean'' (to waste away), i.e., a flower that never died that was believed to grow on Mount Olympus.
The name ''amaranth'' comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''a'' (not) + ''marainean'' (to waste away), i.e., a flower that never died that was believed to grow on Mount Olympus.


== Color variations ==
== Amaranth Pink ==
=== Pale Amaranth Pink ===
{{infobox color|
title= Pale Amaranth Pink|
hex= DDBEC3|
r=221|g=190|b=195|
c= 14|m= 67|y= 34|k= 0|
h=345|s= 37|v= 99
]}}
The color '''pale amaranth pink''' is displayed at right. This is the color of pale pink amaranth flowers.

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=== Amaranth Pink ===
{{infobox color|
title= Amaranth Pink|
hex= F19CBB|
r=241|g=156|b=187|
c= 17|m= 77|y= 64|k= 0|
h=345|s= 47|v= 92
}}
The color '''amaranth pink''' is displayed at right. This is the color of pink amaranth flowers.


The first recorded use of ''amaranth pink'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1905. <ref> 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 </ref>
The first recorded use of ''amaranth pink'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1905. <ref> 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 </ref>
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=== Radical Red (Bright Amaranth Pink)===
{{infobox color|
title= Radical Red|
hex= FF355E|
r=255|g= 53|b= 94|
c= |m= |y= |k= |
h=345|s= 84|v= 84
|source=[[List of Crayola crayon colors|Crayola]]}}
The [[Crayola]] [[crayon]] color '''radical red''' is displayed at right.


== Amaranth Purple ==
This color, which may also be called '''bright amaranth pink''', was formulated by Crayola in 1990.
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=== Amaranth Magenta ===
{{infobox color|
title= Amaranth Magenta|
hex= ED3CCA|
r=237|g= 60|b=202|
c= 47|m= 97|y= 64|k= 0|
h=304|s= 97|v= 74
}}
The color '''amaranth magenta''' is displayed at right. This is the color of magenta amaranth flowers.
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=== Amaranth Cerise ===
{{infobox color|textcolor=white|
title= Amaranth Cerise|
hex= CD2682|
r=205|g= 38|b=130|
c= 17|m= 77|y= 64|k= 0|
h=354|s= 77|v= 82
}}
The color '''amaranth cerise''' is displayed at right. This is the color of cerise amaranth flowers.
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=== Amaranth Purple ===
{{infobox color|
title= Amaranth Purple|textcolor=white|
hex= AB274F|
r=171|g= 39|b= 79|
c= 77|m= 87|y= 64|k= 20|
h=285|s= 37|v= 44
}}
The color '''amaranth purple''' is displayed at right. This is the purple color of purple amaranth flowers.


The first recorded use of ''amaranth purple'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1912. <ref>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</ref>
The first recorded use of ''amaranth purple'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1912. <ref>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</ref>
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=== Amaranth Deep Purple ===
{{infobox color|
title= Amaranth Deep Purple|textcolor=white|
hex= 9F2B68|
r=159|g= 43|b=104|
c= 78|m= 88|y= 54|k= 20|
h=285|s= 34|v= 40
}}
The color '''amaranth deep purple''' is displayed at right. This is the deep purple color of some amaranth flowers.
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==Shades of Amaranth Color Comparison Chart==
<ul>
<li style = "background-color: #ddbec3;"> Pale Amaranth Pink (Hex: #DDBEC3) (RGB: 221, 190, 195)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #f19cbb;"> Amaranth Pink (Hex: #F19CBB) (RGB: 241, 156, 187)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #ff355e;"> Bright Amaranth Pink (Crayola Radical Red) (Hex: #FF355E) (RGB: 255, 53, 94)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #e52b50;"> Amaranth (Hex: #E52B50) (RGB: 229, 43, 80)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #ed3cca;"> Amaranth Magenta (Hex: #ED3CCA) (RGB: 237, 60, 202)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #cd2682; color: #ffffff"> Amaranth Cerise (Hex: #CD2682) (RGB: 205, 38, 130)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #ab274f; color: #ffffff"> Amaranth Purple (Hex: #AB274F) (RGB: 171, 39, 79)</li>
<li style = "background-color: #9f2b68; color: #ffffff"> Amaranth Deep Purple (Hex: #9F2B68) (RGB: 159, 43, 104)</li>
</ul>


==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
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{{In popular culture|date=December 2009}}


* In the [[France|French]] [[academic dress|academic dress system]], the five traditional fields of study (Arts, Science, Medicine, Law and Divinity) are each symbolised by a distinctive color, which appears in the [[academic dress]] of the people who graduated in this field. Amaranth is the distinctive color for Science.
* In the [[France|French]] [[academic dress|academic dress system]], the five traditional fields of study (Arts, Science, Medicine, Law and Divinity) are each symbolised by a distinctive color, which appears in the [[academic dress]] of the people who graduated in this field. Amaranth is the distinctive color for Science.{{source}}
* Amaranth was the heraldic color used in the cockade and uniforms of the army of the Kingdom of Naples under [[Joachim Murat]] (1811-1814). Murat was famous for his eccentric taste in uniform colors.{{source}}
* [[Order of the Amaranth]] is an organization within the [[Masonic Order]].
* Amaranth was the heraldic color used in the cockade and uniforms of the army of the Kingdom of Naples under [[Joachim Murat]] (1811-1814). Murat was famous for his eccentric taste in uniform colors.


=== Literature ===
=== Literature ===
* The color ''amaranth'' represents [[immortality]] in [[Western culture]] because the name is derived from the name in [[Greek mythology]] of a flower that was believed to never die that grew in the abode of the [[Greek gods]] on [[Mount Olympus]].{{source}}
* In [[Greek mythology]], ''Amaranthus'' was a hunter of the island of [[Euboea]], a son of King [[Abas]]. He was loved by the goddess [[Artemis]] and joined her in the hunt. But he insulted [[Poseidon]] as worthless, claiming the bounty of the hunt was superior to that of the sea. For this the god sent a giant wave which washed him into the sea and drowned him. Artemis then turned him into an amaranth-flower, her sacred plant.
* The color ''amaranth'' represents [[immortality]] in [[Western culture]] because the name is derived from the name in [[Greek mythology]] of a flower that was believed to never die that grew in the abode of the [[Greek gods]] on [[Mount Olympus]]. Something that is perceived as ''everlasting'' may be described by the adjective ''amaranthine''. (The color [[Peach (color)|peach]] represents immortality in [[Chinese civilization|Chinese culture]], because in [[Daoism]] the Goddess of the West is believed to guard the peach trees of immortality in the [[Tian Shan]] mountains.)
* ''Amaranth'' is the name of a long [[Sapphic]] poem by [[H.D.]], and is based on [[Sappho]]'s fragment 131.
* In [[Orson Scott Card]]'s novel ''[[Speaker for the Dead]]'', amaranth is the only grass in the limited ecosystem of the planet Lusitania.
* In the novel ''To Live Forever'' by [[Jack Vance]], the members of the Amaranth Society have achieved immortality.

=== Music ===
* The Swedish gothic/doom metal band [[Draconian (band)|Draconian]] has written a song entitled "The Amaranth".
* ''[[Amarantine (album)|Amarantine]]'' is the name of a 2005 album and single by Irish vocal artist [[Enya]], and is mentioned in her song ''Flora's Secret'' wherein she sings: "Looking up through eyes of amaranthine."
* It is a song by Finnish symphonic/power metal band [[Nightwish]], for their 2007 album [[Dark Passion Play]].


=== Religion ===
=== Religion ===
* [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]]s and [[archbishop]]s wear robes and [[zucchetto|zucchetti]] ([[skullcaps]]) trimmed in amaranth, or wholly amaranth; [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinals]], however, wear [[Scarlet (color)|scarlet]].
* [[Roman Catholicism|Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]]s and [[archbishop]]s wear robes and [[zucchetto|zucchetti]] ([[skullcaps]]) trimmed in amaranth, or wholly amaranth; [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinals]], however, wear [[Scarlet (color)|scarlet]].{{source}}
* In [[Religion in ancient Greece|Hellenism]] (the [[Paganism|pagan]] [[religion]] of [[Ancient Greece]]), the amaranth plant (also called [[chrysanthemum|chrusanthemon]] and [[helichrysum|elichrusos]]) was sacred to Ephesian [[Artemis]]. It was supposed to have special healing properties, and as a symbol of immortality amaranth flowers were used to decorate images of the gods and tombs. In legend, [[Amaranthus]] (a form of Amarantus) was a hunter of Artemis and king of [[Euboea]]; in a village of Amarynthus, of which he was the eponymous hero, there was a famous temple of Artemis Amarynthia or Amarysia (Strabo x. 448; Pausan. i. 31, p. 5).


=== Sport ===
=== Sport ===
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Amaranth]]
* [[Amaranth (dye)]]
* [[Amaranth (dye)]]
* [[Amarantine (song)|Amarantine]]
* [[Cerise (color)|Cerise]]
* [[Crimson]]
* [[Magenta]]
* [[Pink]]
* [[Red]]
* [[Rose (color)|Rose]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.driedflowersdirect.com/dried-flowers/gomphrena.htm] Web page showing the various colors of amaranth flowers (sources of the colors shown above, except deep purple amaranth)--next to pink amaranth flower, click to go to other colors of amaranth flowers: cerise amaranth flowers (mislabeled carmine), pale pink amaranth flowers (called Italian pink), magenta amaranth flowers (mislabeled purple), and amaranth red amaranth flowers.]
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*[http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/speciesphoto/AMACRU.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/Searchcolors.asp%3Fcolor%3DB%26LIM%3D0%26sortop%3DTaxa&h=102&w=102&sz=3&hl=en&start=16&tbnid=Gzu8akV9TW2sQM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=83&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Amaranth%2BPurple%2522%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG] Picture of purple amaranth flower
* [http://www.driedflowersdirect.com/dried-flowers/gomphrena.htm]
Web page showing the various colors of amaranth flowers (sources of the colors shown above, except deep purple amaranth)--next to pink amaranth flower, click to go to other colors of amaranth flowers: cerise amaranth flowers (mislabeled carmine), pale pink amaranth flowers (called Italian pink), magenta amaranth flowers (mislabeled purple), and amaranth red amaranth flowers.]
*[http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/speciesphoto/AMACRU.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/Searchcolors.asp%3Fcolor%3DB%26LIM%3D0%26sortop%3DTaxa&h=102&w=102&sz=3&hl=en&start=16&tbnid=Gzu8akV9TW2sQM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=83&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522Amaranth%2BPurple%2522%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG]
Picture of purple amaranth flower
* [http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=AMACRU Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium: Amaranthus cruentus L.]
* [http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=AMACRU Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium: Amaranthus cruentus L.]
* [http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/50618/ Picture of a deep purple amaranth flower]
* [http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/50618/ Picture of a deep purple amaranth flower]

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Amaranth
#E52B50

The flower of the amaranth plant

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.

The color amaranth is similar to printer's magenta (pigment magenta) (but redder).{{Source}} is deprecated. Please use a more specific template. See the documentation for a list of suggested templates. 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 that never died that was believed to grow on Mount Olympus.

Amaranth Pink

The first recorded use of amaranth pink as a color name in English was in 1905. [2]

Amaranth Purple

The first recorded use of amaranth purple as a color name in English was in 1912. [3]

In popular culture

  • In the French academic dress system, the five traditional fields of study (Arts, Science, Medicine, Law and Divinity) are each symbolised by a distinctive color, which appears in the academic dress of the people who graduated in this field. Amaranth is the distinctive color for Science.{{Source}} is deprecated. Please use a more specific template. See the documentation for a list of suggested templates.
  • Amaranth was the heraldic color used in the cockade and uniforms of the army of the Kingdom of Naples under Joachim Murat (1811-1814). Murat was famous for his eccentric taste in uniform colors.{{Source}} is deprecated. Please use a more specific template. See the documentation for a list of suggested templates.

Literature

Religion

Sport

  • Italian football teams Livorno and Reggina have amaranth as their traditional home kit color.

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.)
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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

External links

  • [1] Web page showing the various colors of amaranth flowers (sources of the colors shown above, except deep purple amaranth)--next to pink amaranth flower, click to go to other colors of amaranth flowers: cerise amaranth flowers (mislabeled carmine), pale pink amaranth flowers (called Italian pink), magenta amaranth flowers (mislabeled purple), and amaranth red amaranth flowers.]
  • [2] Picture of purple amaranth flower
  • Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium: Amaranthus cruentus L.
  • Picture of a deep purple amaranth flower
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