Peach (color)

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
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FFE5B4
HSV       (h, s, v)(39°, 29%, 100%)
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(255, 229, 180)
SourceMaerz and Paul[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptorPale yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Peach
The flesh of the peach fruit, depending on the variety of peach, can be peach colored, or paler, or more yellow-orange as here.

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
Peach (cultivar 'Berry') - watercolor 1895

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 puff
Peach Puff
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FFDAB9
HSV       (h, s, v)(28°, 27%, 100%)
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(255, 218, 185)
SourceX11
ISCC–NBS descriptorPale orange yellow
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Displayed at right is the web color peach puff.

Peach
Peach (Crayola)
 
    Color coordinates
Hex triplet#FFCBA4
HSV       (h, s, v)(26°, 36%, 100%)
sRGBB  (r, g, b)(255, 203, 164)
SourceCrayola
ISCC–NBS descriptorLight yellowish pink
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)
H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

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.

See also: List of Crayola crayon colors

In nature
Fungi

In culture

Interior Design

Religion

Sexuality

See also
  • List of colors

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. Google Book Result—Chinese mythology A to Z by Jeremy Roberts:
  4. Andrews, Vincent (2010), The Leatherboy Handbook, The Nazca Plains Corp., ISBN 978-1-61098-046-3
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