Rose is the color halfway between red and magenta on the HSV color wheel, also known as the RGB color wheel.

Rose is one of the tertiary colors on the HSV color wheel. The complementary color of rose is spring green. Sometimes rose is quoted instead as the web-safe color FF00CC, which is closer to magenta than to red, corresponding to a hue angle near 320 degrees, or the web-safe color FF0077, which is closer to red than magenta, corresponding to a hue angle of about 340 degrees.

Variations of rose Brilliant rose

The color brilliant rose is a Crayola color formulated in 1949, but the name was changed in 1958 to magenta.

The original name is more accurate since this color, having a hue code of 329, is much closer to rose than (web color) magenta.

China rose

The color China rose is a deep tone of rose.

The first recorded use of China rose as a color name in English was in 1925.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 192; color sample of China rose: Page 33 Plate 5 Color Sample A6

Dogwood rose

The color dogwood rose is sometimes called dogwood red. Dogwood rose in nature:

Folly

This is the color Folly. It is currently unknown when and why the color was named.

French (Canada) Rose

French (Canada) rose is one of the brilliant raspberry colors.

French rose

The color French rose is also called France rose.

The first recorded use of France rose as a color name in English was in 1926.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 195 Color Sample of France rose: Page 25 Plate 1 Color Sample F4

Color sample of French rose—this color matches exactly the color sample shown as "France rose" in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color.

Fuchsia rose

Fuchsia rose is the color that was chosen as the 2001 Pantone color of the year by Pantone.

The source of this color is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #17-2031 TPX—Fuchsia rose.Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "Fuchsia rose" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:

Lavender blush

This is the web color lavender blush. It is a very pale shade of rose.

Liseran purple

The first recorded use of liseran purple as a color name in English was in 1912.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 198; Color Sample of Liseran Purple: Page 123 Plate 50 Color Sample B9

Misty rose

Misty rose is a pale shade of rose. It is also a web color.

Mulberry

The color mulberry is a representation of the color of mulberry jam or pie. This was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 2003.

The first recorded use of mulberry as a color name in English was in 1776.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 199; Color Sample of Mulberry: Plate 48 Color Sample E9

Pearly purple

Pearly purple is one of the colors in the special set of metallic colored Crayola crayons called Silver Swirls, the colors of which were formulated by Crayola in 1990.

Persian pink

Since the color rose is so well loved in Persia (Iran), some shades of rose are named after Persia, such as the light tone of rose of this color called Persian pink. This color is very popular in women's fashion.

The first recorded use of Persian pink as a color name in English was in 1922.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Persian Pink: Page 29 Plate 3 Color Sample H4. Note: The color shown above matches the color sample in this book.

Persian rose

The first recorded use of Persian rose as a color name in English was in 1921.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 201; Color Sample of Persian rose: Page 123 Plate 50 Color Sample K7 Note: The color sample shown above matches the color sample in this book.

This color matches the color of the Persian rose color sample in A Dictionary of Color—a highly saturated color close to the outer surface of the color sphere, just below the equator of the color sphere, about halfway between rose and magenta. The color Persian rose may also be described as a color close to the purple boundary of the CIE chromaticity diagram about halfway between rose and magenta.

Raspberry rose

Raspberry rose is a web color.

Razzmatazz

The color Razzmatazz is a rich shade of crimson-rose.

Razzmatazz was a new Crayola crayon color chosen in 1993 as a part of the Name The New Colors Contest.

It was named by then 5-year-old Laura Bartolomei-Hill. She was the youngest winner of Crayola's "Name the New Colors Contest."

Razzle dazzle rose

The color razzle dazzle rose is a vivid tone of rose tending toward magenta.

The color razzle dazzle rose was named by Crayola in 1990. Before that, from its formulation in 1972 to 1990, it had been named hot magenta.

Rose bonbon

The name rose bonbon translates loosely from French into English as candy rose or candy pink, or more specifically as bonbon rose or bonbon pink – presumably referring to bonbons that are coated with icing that is colored rose bonbon.

Rose bonbon is a tone of rose that is popular in France.

Rose gold

Rose gold is one of the eight Metallic FX colors formulated by Crayola in 2019.

Although this is supposed to be a metallic color, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a computer.

Rose pink

The first recorded use of rose pink as a color name in English was in 1760.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203

Rose red

The source of rose red is the "Pantone Textile Paper eXtended (TPX)" color list, color #18-1852 TPX—Rose red.Pantone TPX Pantone Color Finder—Type the words "Rose Red" into the indicated window on the Pantone Color Finder and the color will appear:

Ruby

Ruby is a color that is a representation of the color of the cut and polished ruby gemstone. Ruby as a color is more akin to rose than red.

Telemagenta

The color telemagenta is one of the colors in the RAL color matching system, a color system widely used in Europe. The RAL color list first originated in 1927, and it reached its present form in 1961.

Thulian pink

The color Thulian pink is also called Thulite pink; the first recorded use of Thulite pink as a color name in English was in 1912.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 205; Color Sample of Thulite pink: Page 25 Plate 50 Color Sample I1

The term Thulian pink refers to the land of Thule.

Another name for this color is first lady. The first use of first lady as a color name in English was when the Plochere Color System (widely used by interior designers) was inaugurated in 1948.Plochere Color System:

The hex code for Thulian pink is identical to that of China pink and Liseran purple.

Tickle me pink

The color tickle me pink was formulated by Crayola in 1993.

See also Amaranth (color) Cerise (color) Fuchsia (color) Toulouse: "La Ville rose" List of colors

References

External links ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) – – See sample of the color [Dark] Persian rose (color sample #254) displayed on indicated page. ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955) –