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Cerise (#DE3163)

Cerise
About these coordinates About these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #DE3163
RGBB (r, g, b) (222, 49, 99)
HSV (h, s, v) (343°, 78%, 87%)
Source [Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Cerise (pronounced /səˈriːs/ or /səˈriːz/; French pronunciation: [səˈʀiz]) is a deep to vivid purplish red.

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Etymology

According to Maerz and Paul in their Dictionary of Color, the first recorded use of cerise as a color name in English was in 1858.[1] However, it was used at least as early as 1846 in a book of crochet patterns.[2]

The cerise color name comes from the French word meaning cherry. The word "cherry" itself comes from the Norman cherise.

Variations of cerise

There are various shades of cerise.

Deep cerise

Deep cerise
About these coordinates About these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #DA3287
RGBB (r, g, b) (218, 50, 135)
HSV (h, s, v) (317°, 57%, 62%)
Source Crayola
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color deep cerise. This is the color called cerise in Crayola crayons (see the List of Crayola crayon colors).

This color approximates the color of the interior of a Bing cherry close to the stone (the exterior of a Bing cherry is much darker).

The color name cerise has been in use for this color since 1993 by Crayola.


Hollywood cerise

Hollywood cerise
About these coordinates About these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #F400A1
RGBB (r, g, b) (244, 0, 161)
HSV (h, s, v) (320°, 100%, 96%)
Source [Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

In the 1950s, a popular brand of colored pencils, Venus Paradise, had a colored pencil called Hollywood cerise which was this color. Before being renamed Hollywood cerise in the 1940s, the color had before that, since its inception in 1922, been known simply as Hollywood. [3]

Shades of cerise color comparison chart

  • Cerise (Hex: #DE3163) (RGB: 218, 49, 99)
  • Deep Cerise (Crayola Cerise) (Hex: #DA3287) (RGB: 218, 50, 135)
  • Hollywood Cerise (Fashion Fuchsia) (Hex: #F400A1) (RGB: 244, 0, 161)

Cerise in human culture

Academics

Fashion

  • In womens fashion circles, Hollywood cerise is also called fashion fuchsia; it is known as a popular color for clothing, shoes, and accessories, where it is a slightly less saturated hue of pink than shocking pink.

Panelology

Space Exploration

References

  1. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; Color Sample: Page 31 Plate 4 Color Sample J6—Cerise
  2. ^ Crochet Explained and Illustrated, by Cornelia Mee. London: David Bogue, Fleet Street (1846), p. 117.
  3. ^ Maerz and Paul, A Dictionary of Color New York:1930--McGraw-Hill See Hollywood in Index, Page 196 and Color Sample of Hollywood, Page 33, Plate 5, Color Sample K5
  4. ^ Konglig Datasektionen, Regulations, §1.1 Color

See also

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Shades of red
Alizarin Amaranth American Rose Burnt sienna Burgundy Candy apple red Cardinal Carmine Carnelian Cerise
                   
Chestnut Coquelicot Coral red Crimson Dark pink Dogwood rose Falu red Fire engine red Flame Fuchsia
                   
Lava Lust Magenta Maroon Mauve Mauve taupe Orange-red OU Crimson Red Persian red Persimmon
                   
Pink Puce Raspberry Red Red-violet Rose Rose madder Rosewood Rosso corsa Ruby
                   
Rufous Rust Sangria Scarlet Terra cotta Tuscan red Upsdell red UP Maroon Venetian red Vermilion
                   
The samples shown above are representative only.
Shades of pink
Amaranth Amaranth pink Brink pink Carmine pink Carnation pink Cerise Cerise pink Cherry blossom pink Coral pink Dark pink
                   
Deep carmine pink Deep pink Fandango French rose Fuchsia Fuchsia pink Hollywood Cerise Hot magenta Hot pink Lavender pink
                   
Light pink Light thulian pink Magenta Mountbatten pink Persian pink Persian rose Pink Puce Rose Rose pink
                   
Salmon pink Shocking pink Tea rose Thulian pink Ultra pink Variations of pink
           
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Shades of violet
Amethyst Byzantium Cerise Eggplant Fandango Fuchsia Han purple Heliotrope Indigo Iris
                   
Lavender (floral) Lavender Lavender Blush Lilac Magenta Mauve Orchid Palatinate purple Periwinkle Persian blue
                   
Purple Red-violet Rose Sangria Thistle Tyrian purple Violet Wisteria
               
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