Rose (color)
| Rose | |
|---|---|
| Source | By definition[1] |
| ISCC–NBS descriptor | Vivid purplish red |
| B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) | |
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
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.
Shades of rose
Etymology of rose
The first recorded use of rose as a color name in English was in 1382.[2]
The etymology of the color name rose is the same as that of the name of the
Aeolic form: wrodon), from Aramaic wurrdā, from Assyrian wurtinnu, from Old Iranian *warda (cf. Avestan warda, Sogdian ward, Parthian
wâr).
In culture
- British historian John William Burgon famously described the Jordanian city of Petraas being colored rose, writing:
- Match me such marvel save in Eastern clime,
- A rose-red city – half as old as time!
- Marrakech, Morocco is called the Rose City because many of its buildings are colored various tones of rose.[3]
- Portland, Oregon is nicknamed "The Rose City" for the number of roses and rose gardens that thrive there.
Litfaß column on the Rosenstrasse in Berlin today commemorates the Rosenstrasse protest
(the building in which the detainees were held no longer exists).- Music
- "signature song of French singer Édith Piaf. Piaf first popularized the song in 1946. It has been covered by many artists since.
- Rose Colored Glasses is the 1978 debut album by country singer-songwriter John Conlee.
- According to pine trees because they radiate more rose colored etheric atoms than any other plant.[4]
- Politics
- The revolution in which previous Mikhail Saakashvili came to power in 2003 was called the "Rose Revolution".
Versailles Palace
and is decorated with rose colored wallpaper.- Religion
- In the priests may wear rose colored vestments on Gaudete Sunday (the third Sunday of Advent) and Laetare Sunday (the fourth Sunday of Lent).
See also
- Amaranth (color)
- Cerise (color)
- Fuchsia (color)
- Toulouse: "La Ville rose"
- RAL 3017 Rose
- Lists of colors
References
- tertiary colorthat is at a hue angle of 330 degrees.
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203
- ^ Marrakech, Morocco—The rose City.
- ^ Leadbeater, C.W. The Chakras Wheaton, Illinois, U.S.A.:1926--Theosophical Publishing House Pages 54–58 Full text of the book "The Chakras" by C.W. Leadbeater with color illustrations:
External links
- ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) – Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps Archived 30 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine – See sample of the color [Dark] Persian rose (color sample #254) displayed on indicated page.
- ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) – Color Sample of Tea rose (color sample #28) Archived 18 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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