Marigold (color) explained

Marigold
Hex:EAA221
Source:ISCC-NBS
Isccname:Strong orange yellow

Marigold is a yellow-orange color. It is named after the flower of the same name.

New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield used “marigold” describe a hair colour in her short story Something Childish But Very Natural in 1914.

Variations of marigold

Gold

See main article: Gold (color).

Gold (golden)
Hex:FFD700
Source:X11
Isccname:Vivid yellow

Gold, also called golden, is one of a variety of yellow-orange color blends used to give the impression of the color of the element gold.

The web color gold is sometimes referred to as golden to distinguish it from the color metallic gold. The use of gold as a color term in traditional usage is more often applied to the color "metallic gold".

Yellow-orange

See main article: article.

Yellow Orange
Hex:FFAE42
Source:Crayola
Isccname:Strong orange yellow

Yellow-orange has been a Crayola crayon color since 1930.

Orange-yellow

Orange Yellow
Hex:F8D568
Source:Crayola
Isccname:Brilliant yellow

Orange-yellow was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

Goldenrod

See main article: Goldenrod (color).

Goldenrod
Hex:DAA520
Source:X11
Isccname:Strong yellow

Displayed at right is the web color goldenrod.

The color goldenrod is a representation of the color of some of the deeper gold colored goldenrod flowers.The first recorded use of goldenrod as a color name in English was in 1915.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196; Color Sample of Goldenrod: Page 43 Plate 10 Color Sample L5