Coquelicot

For the of Montreal album, see Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies: A Variety of Whimsical Verse.

For the Sakura Wars character, see List of Sakura Wars characters.

Coquelicot
Color coordinates
Hex triplet	#FF3800
sRGB^B  (r, g, b)	(255, 56, 0)
CMYK^H   (c, m, y, k)	(0, 78, 100, 0)
HSV       (h, s, v)	(13°, 100%, 100%)
Source	^[Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred)

Coquelicot ( /ˈkoʊklᵻkoʊ/ KOHK-li-koh) is a shade of red. The term was originally a French vernacular name for the wild corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, which is distinguished by its bright red color, and orange tint.^[1] It eventually passed into English usage as the name of a color based upon that of the flower. The first recorded use of this usage was in the year 1795.^[2]

Claude Monet painted Les Coquelicots or Poppies Blooming in 1873.

Coquelicots by Robert Vonnoh, 1890

Les Coquelicots by Claude Monet, 1873.

See also

• List of colors

References

1. Webster's Unabridged Universal Dictionary, World Syndicate Publishing, N.Y., 1937
2. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill Page 193; Color Sample of Coquelicot: Page 27 Plate 2 Color Sample C10

• Cecil, David (1978). A Portrait of Jane Austen. Constable.

External links

• Media related to Papaver rhoeas at Wikimedia Commons