Coquelicot

Coquelicot

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF3800
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(255, 56, 0)
HSV (h, s, v)	(13°, 100%, 100%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(56, 164, 15°)
Source	ColorHexa^[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Vivid reddish orange
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Coquelicot ( /ˈkoʊklɪkoʊ/ KOHK-li-koh) is a shade of red. The term was originally a French vernacular name for the wild corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, which is distinguished by its bright red color, and orange tint.^[2] 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.^[3]

Claude Monet painted Les Coquelicots or Poppies Blooming in 1873.

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.

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 orange

Aerospace orange	Alloy orange	Amber	Apricot	Atomic tangerine	Brown	Burnt orange	Butterscotch	Carrot orange	Champagne (color)

Chrome Orange	Coral	Dark orange (web)	Desert sand (color)	Engineering orange	Flame	Giants orange	Gold	Golden Gate Bridge	Goldenrod

Hunyadi yellow	Light orange	Mahogany	Melon	Orange (Crayola)	Orange (Pantone)	Orange peel	Orange (web)	Orange (wheel)	Papaya whip

Peach	Persian orange	Persimmon	Portland orange	Princeton orange	Pumpkin	Rust	Safety orange	Saffron	Spanish orange

Tangelo	Tangerine	Tawny	Tiger’s Eye	Titian Red	UT orange	Xanthous

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

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