Coquelicot

Coquelicot

Coquelicot

Shade of red based on the hue of the wild corn poppy

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 ( /ˈkoʊklɪkoʊ/ 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.[2] 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.[3]

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Claude Monet painted Les Coquelicots or Poppies Blooming in 1873.

Coquelicots by Robert Vonnoh, 1890
Les Coquelicots by Claude Monet, 1873.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Coquelicot / #ff3800 hex color". ColorHexa. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
  2. [2]
    Webster's Unabridged Universal Dictionary, World Syndicate Publishing, N.Y., 1937
  3. [3]
    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.
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