Seashell (color)

Seashell

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FFF5EE
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Yellowish white
Seashell in the sand

Seashell is an off-white color that resembles some of the very pale pinkish tones that are common in many seashells.

The first recorded use of seashell as a color name in English was in 1926.[1]

In 1987, "seashell" was included as one of the X11 colors.

Cockle on the Shell Beach, Western Australia

## See also

* List of colors

## References

1. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 204; Color Sample of Seashell: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample A4

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Shades of white

| Alabaster| Alabastine| Alice blue| Antique white| Azure white| Beige| Bone| Champagne| Cornsilk| Cosmic latte

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Cream| Eggshell| Floral white| Flax| Ghost white| Honeydew| Isabelline| Ivory| Lavender blush| Lemon chiffon
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Linen| Magnolia| Mint cream| Misty rose| Navajo white| Nyanza| Old lace| Papaya whip| Peach| Platinum
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Seasalt| Seashell| Snow| Vanilla| White| White smoke
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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 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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