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==Peach==
==Peach==
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title=Peach|
hex=FFE5B4|
r=255|g=229|b=180|
c= 0|m= 10|y= 29|k= 0|
h= 40|s= 29|v=100
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At right is displayed the color '''peach'''.

The shade of peach shown at right approximates the color of the interior flesh of that variety of peaches known as ''white peaches''.

The first recorded use of ''peach'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1588.<ref> Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Peach: Page 41 Plate 9 Color Sample A5 </ref>
The first recorded use of ''peach'' as a color name in [[English language|English]] was in 1588.<ref> Maerz and Paul ''A Dictionary of Color'' New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Peach: Page 41 Plate 9 Color Sample A5 </ref>
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Revision as of 14:45, 7 November 2011

The flesh of the peach fruit can be peach colored, or more pale, or more yellow-orange as here.

Peach is a color that is named for the pale color of the peach fruit. Like the color apricot, the color called peach is paler than most actual peach fruits and seems to have been formulated (like the color apricot) primarily to create a pastel palette of colors for interior design. Peach can also be described as pale orange.

Peach

Peach
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FFE5B4
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 229, 180)
HSV (h, s, v)(39°, 29%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(92, 42, 63°)
Source[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color peach.

The shade of peach shown at right approximates the color of the interior flesh of that variety of peaches known as white peaches.

The first recorded use of peach as a color name in English was in 1588.[1]

Etymology of peach

Peach (cultivar 'Berry') - watercolor 1895
Peach (cultivar 'Berry') - watercolor 1895

The etymology of the color peach (and the fruit): the word comes from the Middle English peche, derived from Middle French, in turn derived from Latin persica, i.e., the fruit from Persia. In actuality, the ultimate origin of the peach fruit was from China.

Variations of peach

Peach puff

Peach Puff
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FFDAB9
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 218, 185)
HSV (h, s, v)(28°, 27%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(89, 38, 49°)
SourceX11
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color peach puff.

Crayola

Peach
 
About these coordinates     Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FFCBA4
sRGBB (r, g, b)(255, 203, 164)
HSV (h, s, v)(26°, 36%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)(85, 50, 43°)
SourceCrayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color called peach in Crayola crayons (formerly called flesh before 1962).

References

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Peach: Page 41 Plate 9 Color Sample A5

See also