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Salmon is a range of pale pinkish-orange to light pink colors, named after the color of salmon flesh. Actual salmon color varies from almost white to deep red, depending on their levels of the carotenoid astaxanthin due to how rich a diet of krill and shrimp the fish feeds on; the salmon raised on fish farms are given artificial coloring in their food.[1]

Salmon (#FA8072)

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Light salmon

Light salmon
About these coordinates About these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FFA07A
RGBB (r, g, b) (255, 160, 122)
HSV (h, s, v) (14°, 62%, 100%)
Source [2][3]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color light salmon is displayed at the right.


Salmon

Salmon
About these coordinates About these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #FA8072
RGBB (r, g, b) (250, 128, 114)
HSV (h, s, v) (14°, 52%, 100%)
Source [2][3]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color salmon is displayed at the right.

The first recorded use of salmon as a color name in English was in 1776. [4]


Dark salmon

Dark salmon
About these coordinates About these coordinates
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet #E9967A
RGBB (r, g, b) (233, 150, 122)
HSV (h, s, v) (15°, 48%, 91%)
Source [2][3]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The web color dark salmon is displayed at the right. It is a color that resembles the color Salmon, but is darker. Like the web colors light salmon and salmon shown above, it is used in HTML and CSS.


Shades of salmon color comparison chart

  • Light Salmon (web color) (Hex: #FFA07A) (RGB: 255, 160, 122)
  • Salmon (web color) (Hex: #FA8072) (RGB: 250, 128, 114)
  • Dark Salmon (web color) (Hex: #E9967A) (RGB: 233, 150, 122)

References

  1. ^ "Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition on the use of canthaxanthin in feedingstuffs for salmon and trout, laying hens, and other poultry." (PDF). European Commission - Health & Consumer Protection Directorate. pp. 6–7. http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scan/out81_en.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-31.  
  2. ^ a b c W3C TR CSS3 Color Module, SVG color keywords
  3. ^ a b c W3C TR SVG 1.0, recognized color keyword names
  4. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Salmon: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample A7

See also

Shades of orange
Amber Apricot Brown Burnt orange Carrot orange Champagne Coral Dark salmon ECE/SAE Amber Flame
                   
Gamboge International orange Mahogany Orange Orange (web) Orange-red Orange peel Peach Peach-orange Peach-yellow
                   
Persian orange Persimmon Pink-orange Portland Orange Pumpkin Rust Safety orange Salmon Sunset Tangerine
                   
Tenné (Tawny) Tomato Vermilion
     
The samples shown above are representative only.

Simple English

This box shows the color salmon.
 

Salmon is a range of pale pinkish-orange to light pink colors, named after the color of salmon flesh.

The first recorded use of salmon as a color name in English was in 1776. [1]


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Meaning of salmon

  • The color salmon is used to signify good health because salmon contains Omega-3 fatty acids, which are good for you.
  • The color pale salmon (shown below) represents finance because it is used as the color of the paper on which some economic newspapers like the Financial Times are printed (it is also the color of logo of the Financial Times website). Hence the economic press is sometimes termed the salmon press as opposed to regular general newspapers published on off-white colored newsprint.


Tones of salmon color comparison chart

  • Pale Salmon (Hex: #FFCC99) (RGB: 255, 204, 153)
  • Light Salmon Pink (Hex: #FF9999) (RGB: 255, 153, 153)
  • Salmon Pink (Crayola Crayon "Salmon") (Hex: #FF91A4) (RGB: 255, 145, 164)
  • Light Salmon (web color) (Hex: #FFA07A) (RGB: 255, 160, 122)
  • Medium Salmon (Hex: #FF8C69) (RGB: 255, 140, 105)
  • SALMON (web color) (Hex: #FA8072) (RGB: 250, 128, 114)
  • Dark Salmon (web color) (Hex: #E9967A) (RGB: 233, 150, 122)
Colors – List of colors
Cyan Magenta Black Gray Silver White
Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
Gold Olive Purple Navy Brown Pink

References

  1. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Salmon: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample A7

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