Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel, on which it is at hue angle of 330 degrees.
Rose is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV (RGB) color wheel. The complementary color of rose is spring green.
In the color box at right is displayed the color rose .
The color FF007F is at a hue angle of 330 degrees, precisely half way between red and magenta, on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel.
Sometimes rose is quoted instead as the web-safe color 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.
The first recorded use of rose as a color name in English was in 1382.
The etymology of the color name rose is of course the same as that of the name of the flower. The name originates from Latin
rosa
, borrowed through Oscan from colonial Greek in southern Italy:
rhodon
(Aeolic form:
wrodon
), from Aramaic
wurrdā
, from Assyrian
wurtinnu
, from Old Iranian *
warda
(cf. Avestan
warda
, Sogdian
ward
, Parthian
wâr
).
At right is displayed the web color misty rose .
This is written as mistyrose in HTML code for computer display.
At right is displayed the color tea rose . This is the tint of the color that is used in interior design. This color is popular in interior design for painting bedrooms, especially among women.
There is a different color also called tea rose , which is the color of an orange rose called a tea rose . This other color called "tea rose" is displayed in the article called variations of orange as tea rose (orange) .
The first recorded use of tea rose as a color name in English was in 1884.
The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Tea Rose (color sample #28)
At right is displayed the color classic rose .
The color classic rose is a pale tint of rose.
The color name classic rose has been in use since 2001 when the Xona.com Color List was first promulgated.
Since the color rose is so well loved in Persia (Iran), many shades of rose are named after Persia, such as the light shade of rose at right that is 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 1923.
Color sample of Persian Pink--it is called here
Persian Rose
but the usual name for this color is
Persian Pink
. This color also matches the color sample of
Persian pink
in
A Dictionary of Color
, referenced below.
At right is displayed the color rose pink .
The first recorded use of
rose pink
as a color name in English was in 1761.
At right is displayed the color brilliant rose .
This Crayola color was formulated in 1949 and the name changed in 1958 to magenta . However, the original name is more accurate since this color is much closer to rose than magenta. See the "Lost Crayola Crayon Colors" website.
At right is displayed the color light Thulian pink . This color is also called light Thulite pink . Another name for it is light Icelandic pink .
Sample of Light Thulian Pink: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of (Light) Thulite Pink (color sample #247)
At right is displayed the color Thulian pink . This color 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, most often used as the Greek name for Iceland (The Latin name would be Thulia ). A Thulite or Thulian would be an inhabitant of Thule, i.e. Iceland. Therefore another name for this color is Icelandic pink .
Sample of Thulian Pink: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Thulite Pink (color sample #248)
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 was inaugurated.
The source of the color name first lady is the Plochere Color System , a color system formulated in 1948 that is widely used by interior designers.
At right is displayed the color
brink pink
. This color was formulated by Crayola in 1998.
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
A Dictionary of Color
.
Displayed at right is the color
Razzmatazz
.
This color 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."
At right is displayed the color American rose .
The color American rose is also called American beauty . This color is the color of an American beauty rose , the official flower of the District of Columbia.
The first recorded use of American beauty as a color name in English was in 1915.
The source of this color is a picture of an American beauty rose on the official website of the District of Columbia:
The color Persian rose is displayed at right.
The first recorded use of Persian rose as a color name in English was in 1922.
The source of this color is the following picture: Picture of a Persian rose.
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 color sphere, 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 CIE chromaticity diagram about halfway between rose and magenta.
Displayed at right is the color razzle dazzle rose .
This color is a vivid tone of rose tending toward magenta.
The color razzle dazzle rose was formulated by Crayola in 1990.
At right is displayed the color dogwood rose .
Dogwood rose
was the official description of the color of the flag of the nation of Georgia from 1990 to 2004. Sometimes it is called
dogwood red
. This color is also called
Georgian rose
. Dogwood rose in nature: (Sometimes the color is rendered in some versions of the flag as a simple dark red rather than this color.)
At right is displayed the color raspberry rose .
The source of this color is: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Raspberry Rose (color sample #255).
A grayish shade of rose is called rose quartz .
The first recorded use of rose quartz as a color name in English was in 1926.
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Rose Quartz.
Displayed at right is the web color
rosy brown
.
At right is displayed the color old rose .
The first recorded use of old rose as a color name in English was in 1892.
Source of color: ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color Sample of Old Rose (Color Sample #6).
The color rose gold is displayed in the color box at right.
This is a popular color for women's jewelry.
The source of this color was a picture of
rose gold
embossing powder
for sale on eBay.
At right is displayed the color Turkish rose .
The color name Turkish rose has been in use since 2001 when the Xona.com Color List was first promulgated.
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