coquelicot

[prettygoodword]

coquelicot (KAW-klee-oh) - n., the corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas); the bright orangish-red of poppies. adj., having a bright orangish-red color.


Roughly                , depending on your monitor. The color is from the poppy, and the name of the poppy is from the color -- specifically, in French, it's an alternate from of what a rooster says (more commonly it cries cocorico), and rooster's comb has a very similar color.

---L.

Comments

[minoanmiss]

I like these color posts, not least since you include actual swathes.

[prettygoodword]

I honestly hadn't noticed I had a couple colors in a row -- if I had, I'd've collected a theme week.

[octahedrite]

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/images/full/chilipowder_88121206.jpg

[prettygoodword]

Badly photoshopped but accurate for these purposes!

[oracne]

A great word for a great color.

[prettygoodword]

It's a lovely word to say (if not lovely to remember how to spell).