Salmon (color)

Short description: Color

The flesh of the salmon fish is salmon-colored.

Salmon is a light orange to pink color, named after the color of salmon flesh.

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

The actual color of salmon flesh varies from almost white to light orange, depending on their levels of the carotenoid astaxanthin, which in turn is the result of the richness of the fish's diet of krill and shrimp; salmon raised on fish farms are given non-synthetic or artificial coloring in their food.[2][3]

The flesh of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is lighter and oranger than that of the various Pacific salmon species (from the genus Oncorhynchus).[4]

## Contents

* 1 Variations of salmon
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## Variations of salmon

Salmon

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FA8072
Source| X11[5][6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong reddish orange
Light salmon

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FFA07A
Source| X11[5][6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong yellowish pink
Salmon pink

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FF91A4
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong pink
Dark salmon

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #E9967A
Source| X11[5][6]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong yellowish pink
Terra cotta

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #E2725B
Source| DMC Color List
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Strong reddish orange

Salmon pink (or salmon in Crayola crayons) was introduced by Crayola in 1949. See the List of Crayola crayon colors.

Light salmon has a yellower hue and less saturation when compared to salmon.

Dark salmon resembles the color light salmon, but is grayer. Like the web colors shown above, it is used in HTML and CSS.

Terra cotta is a tone with relatively low brightness. It resembles terracotta pottery.

A terracotta jar

## See also

* List of colors

## 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
2. ↑ "Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition on the use of canthaxanthin in feedingstuffs for salmon and trout, laying hens, and other poultry.". European Commission - Health & Consumer Protection Directorate. pp. 6–7. https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/safety/docs/animal-feed_additives_rules_scan-old_report_out81.pdf.
3. ↑ "The Truth About Farmed Salmon at Whole Foods Market". Whole Foods Website. https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/blog/truth-about-farmed-salmon-whole-foods-market.
4. ↑ "Atlantic and Pacific salmon: What’s the difference?". Cook Inlet. https://ciaanet.org/atlantic-and-pacific-salmon-whats-the-difference/.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "CSS Color Module Level 3". http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#svg-color.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Basic Data Types and Interfaces — SVG 2". https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/types.html.

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Shades of orange

| Amber| Apricot| Atomic tangerine| Bittersweet| Buff| Burnt orange| Butterscotch| Caramel| Carrot orange| Champagne

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Citron| Coral| Dark salmon| Deep carrot orange| ECE/SAE Amber| Flame| Fulvous| Gamboge| Gold| Gold (metallic)
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Golden poppy| International orange| Jonquil| Lion| Mahogany| Mango| Marigold| Old gold| Orange| Orange (web)
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Orange-red| Orange peel| Papaya whip| Peach| Peach-orange| Peach-yellow| Persian orange| Persimmon| Portland Orange| Princeton Orange
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Pumpkin| Rust| Safety orange| Salmon| Satin sheen gold| Scarlet| Seashell| Sunglow| Sunset| Tangelo
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Tangerine| Tawny| Tea rose| Tomato| UT Orange| Vermilion
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A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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Shades of pink

| Amaranth pink| Baker-Miller pink| Blush| Brilliant rose| Brink pink| Carnation pink| Cerise| Cherry blossom pink| Coral pink| Cyclamen

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Deep pink| Fairy Tale| French rose| Fuchsia| Heliotrope| Hollywood cerise| Hot magenta| Hot pink| Lavender blush| Lavender pink
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Magenta| Mexican pink| Mimi Pink| Misty rose| Mountbatten pink| Orchid pink| Pale Dogwood| Persian rose| Phlox| Pink
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Puce| Raspberry| Red-violet| Rose| Rose pink| Rose quartz| Salmon pink| Seashell| Shocking pink| Tea Rose
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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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Shades of red

| Alizarin crimson| Amaranth| American rose| Apricot| Auburn| Blood red| Burgundy| Candy Apple Red| Caput mortuum| Cardinal

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Carmine| Carnelian| Cerise| Chocolate Cosmos| Cinnabar| Claret| Coquelicot| Coral| Crimson| Dark red
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Electric crimson| Fire brick| Fire engine red| Flame| Folly| Fuchsia| Garnet| Hollywood cerise| Indian red| Lava
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Magenta| Maroon| Mahogany| Mystic red| Oxblood| Penn red| Persian red| Persian rose| Pink| Raspberry
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Red| Red-violet| Redwood| Rojo| Rose| Rose red| Rosewood| Rosso corsa| Ruby| Russet
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Rust| Sanguine| Scarlet| Shocking pink| Tawny| Tea rose| Terra cotta| Tomato| Turkey red| Tuscan red
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Tyrian purple| Venetian red| Vermilion| Violet-red| Wine
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A typical sample is shown for each name; a range of color-variations is commonly associated with each color-name.

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Color topics

* Red
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* Gray
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Color science|

| Color physics|

* Electromagnetic spectrum
* Light
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* Visible
* Spectral colors
* Chromophore
* Structural coloration
* Animal coloration
* On Vision and Colors
* Metamerism
* Spectral power distribution

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Color perception|

* Color vision
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* test
* Tetrachromacy
* Color constancy
* Color term
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* Color photography
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* Color mapping
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* Color management
* Chrominance
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* Color balance
* Color cast
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* Eigengrau
* The dress

Color psychology|

* Color symbolism
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Color
philosophy|

| Color space|

* Color model
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Color scheme|

* Color tool
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* Achromatic colors (Neutral)
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* Impossible colors
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Color theory|

* Chromaticity diagram
* Color solid
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* Color triangle
* Color analysis (art)
* Color realism (art style)

Color terms|

| Basic terms|

* Blue
* Green
* Red
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* Orange
* Black
* Gray
* White
* Brown

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Cultural differences|

* Linguistic relativity and the color naming debate
* Blue–green distinction in language
* Color history
* Color in Chinese culture
* Traditional colors of Japan
* Human skin color

Color dimensions|

* Hue
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Color
organizations|

* Pantone
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Related|

* Vision
* Image processing
* Multi-primary color display
* Quattron
* Qualia
* Lighting
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