Peach (color)

Color named for the pale color of the interior flesh of the peach fruit

Peach

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFE5B4
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(255, 229, 180)
HSV (h, s, v)	(39°, 29%, 100%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(92, 42, 63°)
Source	Maerz and Paul^[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pale yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Peach is a color that is named for the pale color of the interior flesh of the peach fruit. This name may also be substituted for "peachy". Like the color apricot, the color 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

The color peach 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.^[2]

Etymology

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

Peach (RYB)

Peach (RYB)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFDBB6
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(255, 219, 182)
HSV (h, s, v)	(30°, 29%, 100%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(90, 40, 51°)
Source	RYB color system
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color that is called "peach" in the RYB color system. It is a mixture of white and some orange.^[3]

Peach puff

Peach Puff

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFDAB9
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(255, 218, 185)
HSV (h, s, v)	(28°, 27%, 100%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(89, 38, 49°)
Source	X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Pale orange yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the web color peach puff.

Peach

Peach (Crayola)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FFCBA4
sRGB^B (r, g, b)	(255, 203, 164)
HSV (h, s, v)	(26°, 36%, 100%)
CIELCh_uv (L, C, h)	(85, 50, 43°)
Source	Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor	Light yellowish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the deep tone of peach called peach in Crayola crayons. Prior to 1962, it was known as flesh, but the name was changed to peach, ostensibly in recognition of the Civil Rights Movement.

In nature

Fungi

The peach-colored fly agaric is a peach-colored mushroom.

In culture

Interior Design

In Art Deco interior design of the 1920s and 1930s, peach-colored mirrors (as well as blue mirrors) were often seen installed in exclusive luxury homes, and in nightclubs and hotels catering to the upper classes.^{[citation needed]} Peach color is also recommended for bedroom to have a good sleep.^[4]

Religion

The color peach represents immortality in Chinese culture because The Peach Tree of Immortality, long thought to be on a mountainside somewhere in the Tian Shan in western China, and which blooms only once every 3,000 years, is a key concept in the mythology of the Taoist religion.^[5]

Sexuality

In the bandana code of the gay leather subculture, wearing a peach bandana means that one is a "bear" or a "cub" looking for a bear.^[6]

References

^ The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called peach in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill; the color peach is displayed on page 41, Plate 9, Color Sample A5.
^ 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
^ "What Color Make Peach? How to Make Peach Color". Marketing Access Pass. February 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
^ "Best Bedroom Colors For Sleep! How To Have A Restful Sleep?". Stunninteriors. 28 February 2023.
^ Google Books Result—Chinese mythology A to Z by Jeremy Roberts:
^ Andrews, Vincent (2010), The Leatherboy Handbook, The Nazca Plains Corp., ISBN 978-1-61098-046-3

Shades of white

Alabaster	Alice blue	Almond	Anti-flash white	Antique white	Azure white	Baby powder	Beige	Bone	Champagne

Cornsilk	Cosmic latte	Cream	Dutch white	Eggshell	Flax	Floral white	Ghost white	Honeydew	Isabelline

Ivory	Lavender blush	Lemon chiffon	Linen	Magnolia	Mint cream	Misty rose	Navajo white	Nyanza	Old lace

Papaya whip	Parchment	Peach	Pearl	Platinum	Seasalt	Seashell	Snow	Vanilla	White

White smoke

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

Shades of yellow

Amber	Apricot	Arylide yellow	Aureolin	Beige	Buff	Canary	Champagne	Chartreuse	Chrome yellow

Citron	Citrine	Cosmic latte	Cream	Dark goldenrod	Ecru	Flax	Gamboge	Gold	Gold (metallic)

Goldenrod	Harvest gold	Icterine	Ivory	Jasmine	Jonquil	Khaki	Lemon chiffon	Lemon-lime	Light yellow

Lion	Maize	Mikado yellow	Mindaro	Mustard	Naples yellow	Navajo white	Old gold	Papaya whip	Peach-yellow

Pear	Saffron	School bus yellow	Selective yellow	Stil de grain yellow	Straw	Sunglow	Sunset	Vanilla	Wheat

Yellow

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.

Shades of pink

Amaranth	Amaranth pink	Baker-Miller pink	Barbie Pink	Blush	Brilliant rose	Brink pink	Carnation pink	Cameo Pink	Cerise

Champagne pink	Cherry blossom pink	China rose	Coral	Coral pink	Cordovan	Cyclamen	Deep pink	Dogwood rose	Fairy Tale

French rose	Fuchsia	Fuchsia rose	Folly	Heliotrope	Hollywood cerise	Hot magenta	Hot pink	Lavender blush	Lavender pink

Magenta	Mexican pink	Mimi Pink	Misty rose	Mountbatten pink	Old rose	Orchid pink	Pale Dogwood	Peach	Persian rose

Persian pink	Phlox	Piggy pink	Pink	Pink lavender	Pink lace	Rose Pompadour	Puce	Raspberry	Razzle dazzle rose

Razzmatazz	Red-violet	Raspberry rose	Rose	Rose Bonbon	Rose ebony	Rose pink	Rose quartz	Rose red	Rose taupe

Rose vale	Rosewood	Rosy brown	Salmon pink	Seashell	Shocking pink	Tea rose	Tickle me pink	Telemagenta	Thulian pink

Ultra pink

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

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